Word: gridiron
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spend some time and effort in cheering, which is a far more spontaneous method of showing our sympathy or appreciation than by the help of illsung melodies. Also some of us wish to see the game; and this cannot best be done with but one eye on the gridiron, and the other on a song-sheet. Lastly, the assignment of seats by the management has rendered good uniform singing impossible, unless we include the "basso" of our fathers, and the "soprano" and "contralto" of our mothers and sisters, I doubt if they would be willing. JUNIOR...
...line, proved unexpectedly strong, and time and again while trying to circle Harvard's ends the Yale's backs were thrown for a loss. The ends of both elevens were apt to overrun the backs on punts, but this fault also was due to the condition of the gridiron. The tackles and guards at first let Yale's backs through for frequent gains, but towards the end sized up their opponents' play and held for downs in good shape...
Today's game between Harvard and Yale, the first since the fall of '94, has been a contest which meant far more to each side than the ordinary contests on the gridiron. Yale has been laboring with her proverbial grit against heavy disadvantages. The sympathies of all sportsmen have been with her in her efforts to maintain the magnificent record she has made in the past, by the exercise of those qualities which even her hereditary opponents cannot but admire and honor. Harvard, on the other hand, has strained every nerve to burst the chain of defeats which have been...
Rumors to the effect that Princeton and University of Pennsylvania will meet on the gridiron this fall, are untrue...
...heavy rains this fall have demonstrated conclusively the success of the draining of the new gridiron, which promises to be most satisfactory. After laying out the gridiron and the diamond, room was found to lay off three practice fields for this fall, so that ample room is afforded for developing the various football teams. The track is completed, with the exception of the top layer. This will not be put on till next spring in order that the layers already on may have time to settle...