Word: touche
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which brought him to the Tuft's five yard line. Three minutes after the kick off Wood crossed the line and secured the first touchdown for Harvard. Harding failed to kick a goal. Tufts kicked the ball to Porter who carried it twenty-five yards, and Wood made another touch-down, time two minutes; no goal, Perry then made a rush and Porter carried the ball over the adversaries' line, from which Harding kicked a goal. Raymond made a plucky run, but four downs without an advance of five yards gave the ball to Harvard. Holden then secured...
...some English cricketers who watched a game of base-ball at Philadelphia recently, and then proceeded to form a somewhat poor opinion of the batting qualities of the base-ball players. Cricketers are apt to despise what is called a full-pitched ball - that is, one which does not touch the ground before it reaches the bat. The cricketer can have but a poor eye, in fact, he must be but a poor player, who cannot hit such a ball; and though if he is careless about it, he may readily hit a catch, yet with a moderate amount...
...greatest advantage of the new scheme is, as stated by the directors, that it would enable the Society to deal with all persons connected with the University. The Society ought to be a general agent for various objects, which it cannot touch at present. It ought, for instance, to print and sell at cost the various abstracts, summaries and outlines used in so many courses of instruction. It ought to import all the foreign text-books used. It cannot do these things while its dealings are restricted to its own members, an obstacle which is removed by the new scheme...
...HIGH KICK.H. L. Clark, '87; E. Buckingham, '87; G. Rublee, '90. were the competitors in the running high kick. Buckingham was the first to fail. Rublee followed soon after and Clark remained alone. His best kick was 8 feet 7 inches. He kicked higher than that but did not touch the tambourine. Clark won last year with a record of 8 feet 10 inches...
Cherubini's overature ("Anacreon") was played in a masterly manner, the fine quality of the strings being especially praiseworthy. The soloist of the evening, Frl. Adele Aus Der Ohe, created wonderful enthusiasm by her fresh and inspired playing. She possesses a remarkably delicate touch, and at the same time has sufficient power and technique to play the most exhausting concerto. It is a pity that she chose the E flat concerto of Liszt as her solo number, as it offers very little that is appreciable. Frl. Aus Der Ohe was recalled at least seven times by the combined applause...