Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew all winter, his jump of 6ft. 1-2-in. was somewhat of a surprise. He tried for 6. ft. 2 1-2 in. but failed. Heywood, B. A. A. and Stingel, Mel. A. C. were tied for second at 5 ft. 9 1-2 Heywood won the toss...
Rule 3 was changed so that the winner of the toss might insist upon the choice being made by his opponent...
Play began shortly after two o'clock with W. A. Brooks of Harvard as referee, and S. V. Coffin of Wesleyan, umpire. Princeton won the toss and took the wind giving Yale the ball. L. Bliss made 9 yards on the wedge, to which "Pop" Bliss added 4 through the centre. The ball was then passed to L. Bliss, who, guarded by Butterworth, C. D. Bliss and Hinkey got around the right end, and scored a touchdown just one minute and fifty-seven seconds after the beginning of the game. Butterworth kicked the goal; score Yale 6, Princeton 0. During...
...bitter disappointment when Yale won the toss and opened the game with a gain of ten yards. Some feared a repetition of last year's scenes but none followed Harvard immediately showed her mettle by forcing Yale to kick, and from that moment until Yale had succeeded in laying up Emmons and Upton, the honors were even. After that Yale clearly had the advantage. Harvard put up a strong defensive game, while the breaking through and tackling was superb. Yale's interference succumbed time and time again to the hard low tackles. Every man played the game of his life...
Yale won the toss and chose to take the ball, while Harvard took the north end of the field. A hush fell over the immense crowd, as the two elevens stood there, the Yale men crouched down in the well-known V formation and the Harvard men all eager and on their toes ten yards away, waiting for that blue V to move. At last it started and there was a rush of crimson stockings, a common plunge of crimson arms in among those blue legs, then a confused pile of players, and the great game had started. Yale...