Word: forbidden
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Such action is forbidden the United States by treaty.- Lawrence's Essays...
...games were played. In 1873 the first Intercollegiate Convention was organized and a series of games played. The game then was very different from that played now. It was purely football, as no player could carry the ball or tackle an opponent and off-side playing was not forbidden. Yale won the championship in 1873 and again in 1874, but lost it to Harvard in the following year. In 1876 and 1877 Yale again defeated Harvard, Columbia and Princeton. In 1878 some changes were made in the rules, tending to make the game closer and the number of players...
...remarkable run of Lamar's, which turned the score at the very end of the game. In 1887 the game was again a draw though the championship was virtually awarded to Yale. Until 1886 the game languished at Harvard. In fact, in 1885 it was forbidden altogether, and Harvard did not take part in any intercollegiate contests. During 1886 and 1887 a steady improvement was made and last year Harvard defeated Princeton 12 to 0 and succumbed to Yale only after a very hard battle. This year the contest promises to be closer than ever. All these colleges are doing...
...unanimous vote of the Yale faculty, all students were forbidden the use of wine, beer and intoxicating beverages of all kinds in New Haven...
...Manhattan Athletic Club, the well-known New York organization, is engaged in a war of words with the Pastime Athletic Club of the same city. The latter club holds its annual sports to-morrow, and the M. A. A. has forbidden any of its members to enter what it stigmatizes as "pic-nic games." The games promise to be very successful, as a large number of the leading New York athletes have entered, and the M. A. A. is having several of its members resign on account of its action...