Word: touche
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first part only of the life of Christ, leaving the chronology of the second part until the following Sunday. He spoke in substance as follows: "The narrative of the first half of the life of Christ was so gloomy and apparently unproductive that the three Gallilian gospels touch but lightly upon it. It was thought to be a period of failure. His turning the money-changers out of the temple in Jerusalem first opened the eyes of the people to the new reformer. And His subsequent work proved Him to be no inconsequential dreamer, but a practical leader...
...interesting and intelligent description of the Association game. In the foot-ball of the American colleges the leading feature is running with the ball in the arms. It is just the reverse in the Association game, where it is a foul if any one save the goal keeper touches the ball with the hands or arms. As Priest put it, "No one but the goal keeper must touch the ball, but he must do his very best with head, hands and feet, to defend the goal...
...take hold of a player it's a foul. You can shoulder him and shove him over, but you must not touch him with your hands. And it's a foul, too, if the ball hits your arm below the elbow. The great point about the Association game is that it is not so rough as the Rugby. Of course you cannot play foot-ball without being a bit rough, but it is not nearly so bad as Rugby...
...Never has the game been so eminently satisfactory to players and spectators, but the final touch was wanting until a meeting of the advisory committee. which constitutes a court of appeals, instead of the annual squabble over technical points, the representatives of the teams unanimously withdrew all protests that had been entered, showing most unmistakably that the rivalry of the season had been a most generous one. A few years of contest between such teams and in such a spirit will so thoroughly convince every one of the value of the sport that nothing short of the most abject folly...
...took the house by storm in her remarkable performance. Miss Aus der Ohe has won a most enviable position in Boston through her truly wonderful technique. The first movement of the concerts gave full scope to her powerful grasp, and the second to her exquisite and graceful touch. She won a well-deserved triple encore...