Word: long
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University eleven with substitutes, numbering thirty men, will leave the car barn on Boylston street at 3.40 o'clock, today, to go to Philadelphia. In accordance with a long established custom, it is proposed to have the undergraduates assemble to cheer them off. If all who expect to attend the class football game, which begins at four o'clock, will stop at the car barn on their way to the field, enough men can be collected to insure a hearty send...
...slippery ball succeeded only once. One of his kicks, however, from the fifty-seven yard line, went far above the cross-bar, but outside the post by a few feet. Reid played fullback for a short time, but wrenched his leg slightly and gave way to Brayton. Warren made long gains around the ends and was very successful in shaking off tacklers after his interference had gone to pieces. Fincke, who played in Daly's place at quarter, showed great improvement in his work. A. R. Sargent played guard in place of Boal, who has, however, entirely recovered from...
...yesterday without any trouble, and unless he meets with new injuries, he will be able to play in the Pennsylvania game. Daly and Hallowell were given a day's rest. Although yesterday the work was rather light, owing to the stiffness of the players, the practice today will be long and hard...
...first eleven played two halves, each about twelve minutes long, against the second. The coaches are still hampered by the fumbling of the backs and a good deal of time was spent in attempts to remedy this weakness. The first eleven used many trick-plays, but the second still relied upon the guards-back formation. Owing to the stiffness of the men who played on Saturday, both the linemen and the backs were slow in starting with the ball. A certain lack of team play was indicated also, by the failure of the eleven to follow the ball with...
...Ropes was a member of the class of 1857, to which the Hon. John D. Long, Howard Dwight, J. J. Storrow, Sr., Gen. Charles F. Walcott and George Searle belonged. In 1861 he graduated from the Law School and in the same year was awarded the Bowdoin prize for resident graduates for his essay upon "The Limits of Religious Thought...