Word: went
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...they went, and I wondered when the catastrophe would come. Finally, they returned to the same seats; Miss A. still on the same theme, and R. rather bored, but with a look...
...tends making several attempts for a goal, but gaining nothing. Wetherbee made good runs for Harvard, passing every one till he reached Withington, who stopped him each time, while for Princeton McNair made the best rush of the game, which he followed up by a drop-kick that nearly went over the goal. Things were now looking very black for Harvard, but Swift got the ball and made a run; after this the ball was kept near the middle of the field, till finally Holmes made a fine run, by which he nearly gained a touch-down; this was Harvard...
LAST Tuesday the Freshman Foot-Ball team went out to Quincy to play a match with the team of the Adams Academy. Crehore won the toss for '82, and took the wind, giving Adams the kick-off. The ball was started about 3-20 by Woodward, but was soon sent back towards Adams's goal, where most of the play took place for some time. The Quincy boys then made a brace, but Leatherbee made a good rush for '82, and in a few minutes a touch-down was scored by Warren. The ball was then brought...
...opinion, said he considered our crew much better than an average English crew, but not better than the best, for, although the material was as good as any he had ever seen, in form and finish they were inferior to the best English crew's. He, too, when asked, went on to say that he thought Cambridge would not accept a challenge, as their crew this year is an inferior one, but that Oxford probably would, as Harvard is considered there the representative college of America, and, too, they felt they were under some obligation to us, owing...
...entries were open at the stake, and were filled by some ten men. The start took in a good broad jump over a wide hurdle, and after that the course lay over fences, hurdles, etc., for nearly three quarters of a mile. The scene created much amusement, as men went hobbling, falling, and crawling over these obstacles. As they approached the finish, it was plain the contest lay between Torrey, '82, and Butler, '77. It was won by Torrey, with Butler a very strong second...