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...catch a murmured sobbing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

...declared afterward that I thrashed and groaned as if it was Semi-annual time. I felt that I must have said or done some horrible thing when I was seasick, and I wanted to go down on my knees for forgiveness. All through the morning I was unable to catch Amy alone, but in the afternoon I succeeded in doing so and begged to know what it was I had done to offend her. It seemed that she had fainted from fright, not knowing what to make of my words and actions, and that the Yale man had come along...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUSINING. | 10/29/1880 | See Source »

...player purposely foul an opponent or ball when such opponent is about to try for a fair catch, the opponent's side may either have the ball down where the foul was made, or take a free kick, which free kick cannot score a goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

...start, apparently intending to keep their strength for the last lap. Cuyler and Parker in this way got a long lead. On the fourth lap, Thorndike drew up to second place, and Bell, by a brilliant spurt, took third place; but neither of them was able to catch Cuyler, who won in 4 min. 37 3/5 sec., just failing to equal the best amateur record. Thorndike's time was 4 min. 42 2/5 sec., and Bell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOTT HAVEN SPORTS. | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

...stopping, on Paine's failure to accomplish the same. The 100-yards dash was a pretty race between C. Stetson and P. R. Evarts, the former winning by about 2 ft. in 10 7/8 seconds. Evarts was left at the start, and, although running very prettily, could not quite catch Stetson, who finished with some in hand. Evarts will, however, run in the final on Saturday, C. H. Taft was a poor third. The mile-run was the prettiest contest of the day, and resulted in a dead heat between Messrs. A. Thorndike and J. S. Bell in the excellent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ATHLETIC MEETING. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

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