Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...victory, and came away defeated. Their victory over Exeter last Wednesday evidently gave the men too much confidence in themselves, and so they failed on encountering the sharp playing of the Andover team. It is true that Andover men alone are initiated into the mysteries of the brick yard which serves them as a foot-ball field, still ignorance of the state of the grounds cannot in any way explain the loose playing of our team. The freshmen played with little or no order, and all the advantage they gained came from individual plays. Time and again a lack...
...touchdown for Princeton in the first few minutes, but it failed to yield a goal. The ball was again put in play and forced into Pennsylvania's quarters, and they barely escaped making a safety touch down. The ball was at last forced back of the twenty-five yard line, where Baker made a free catch, from which a goal was kicked for Princeton...
...quarter past nine 17 members started from the steps of University and after riding round the yard went by North Avenue to Medford and thence through Malden to Lynn. This was reached without any falls or accidents at 10.55. Here the club divided, 7 going back to Cambridge in order to see the foot-ball match and the rest going on to Newburyport. The Cambridge party started from Lynn at 11.05 and reached Cambridge at 12.26 having stopped 10 minutes...
...1000yd. range. Now there are not more than two men in college, who know how to shoot at these ranges, and very few who would care to if they had by long and careful practice acquired the very difficult art of long range shooting. A 200 or 300 yard range is quite long enough for a college organization of raw and new shots, but very many of whom have had any practice at range shooting at all. Besides the club is for the masses, and its purpose should be strictly utilitarian-the greatest good to the greatest number...
...yard became an inland lake again yesterday...