Word: wilding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...West Point Saturday for the first time in three years. The final score was 6 to 0, the only touchdown being made by Philbin in the second period as the culmination of a long series of line rushes. His attempt at a goal from an easy angle, however, went wild. Yale had one other really good opportunity to score in the third quarter as a result of several line plunges and a well-executed forward pass from Spalding to Flynn. But the Army held for three downs and on the fourth recovered a fumble on the one-yard line. Hobbs...
...serve and his long backhand stroke working especially well. He seldom ran in, but when he did, it was for a sure kill. At all times he displayed rare coolness and judgment, and his placing was excellent. Armstrong, on the other hand, lacked control, his service especially being wild. Like Washburn he preferred the back court game, his net work being only mediocre...
...entirely to her weakness in the kicking department of the game. Three times by successful series of forward passes, closely resembling those executed by Williams in the Harvard game, she brought the ball within scoring distance of the Yale goal, but each attempt at a kick from placement went wild...
...ball to the middle of the field before he was thrown. A series of hard line-plunges and a pretty 20-yard run by Mahan around left end brought the ball to Groton's 30-yard line. At this point Watson tried a forward pass but the ball went wild and play was resumed again on the 30-yard line. A few minutes later Mahan kicked a field goal from the 20-yard line, the first score of the game...
...number of hard stops around the initial sack, and connecting safely in three of his five times at bat. The other members of the Holy Cross team seemed to lack snap, and could not hit with men on bases. Gans's throwing arm was a bit weak, and a wild throw by him to second base allowed Wigglesworth to score in the second inning...