Word: touche
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possession of a wearer of the pink. As he ran down the field, the ease of his motion, the exquisite mould of his features, and the god like brilliancy of his diamond shirt stud glistening in the sun-light, drew forth long and continued applause. A touch-down was made, but, out of courtesty to Yale, who had not yet scored, no attempt was made for a goal. An intermission of half an hour followed, during which the contestants indulged in ice cream and ladies' fingers; ten minutes more were allowed for re-arranging the toilet...
...with the speed of a winged Mercury toward Harvard's goal, at the same time displaying to full advantage, a row of pearl-like teeth, and a beautiful pair of side whiskers, through which the gentle zephyrs softly whistled as he proudly bore his treasure down the field. A touch down was made, from which the full-back kicked a goal, which, considering the perfect symmetry of the curve described by the ball in passing over the bar, the graceful movements of the kicker, and the unequalized adjustment of his cravat, was undoubtedly the most beautiful goal ever kicked...
...Adams, however, sent it over the senior goal line. The return kick by Kimball was caught by Bancroft, and from this point of the game things began to look unpleasant for eighty-six. Rushes by Holden and Porter drove the ball to the 15 yard line, and a touch-down was prevented only by the sharp tackling of Littauer. The determined work of the eighty-eight rushers resulted in getting the ball to within five yards of the goal, but desperate rushes by Dewey, Vogel and Harris averted for a time the threatened touch-down. In one of the scrimmages...
...called, and, quickly dribbling the ball, Adams of Princeton attempted to run with it. He was neatly tackled by Peters, who gained the ball, and by shrewd handling worked it well toward Princeton's 25-yard line. Here it was forced over the line, and Referee Camp announced a touch in goal. It was immediately kicked out by Princeton, but only to fall into the hands of quarter-back Beecher of the Yale team, who made a strong run with it toward the Princeton goal line, but was tackled powerfully. Fnally, R. Hodge of Princeton sent it down the field...
Considerable more than the usual 10 minutes' intermission elapsed before the second inning, owing to the reluctance of the spectators to leave the field, but at 2.31 time was called, and Yale's captain touched the ball instead of kicking, and attempted to use his 190 pounds against the Princeton rush line. Numbers conquered, however, and it was only by short and unimportant runs that Yale at last put the ball within Princeton's 25-yard line. Here it stayed without any important change of position until a long punt by B. Hodge and a fumble by Beecher resulted...