Word: upsetting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...foul which Allen caught yesterday afternoon was one of the prettiest occurrences in the game. The reporters were not a little surprised to find their table upset and their score books deluged in a flood of ice water. The pluck with which Allen ran into the formidable "board" elicited unbounded applause...
...ball, however, and when Adams had snapped it back Watkinson caught it, but failed to gain much ground, as did Beecher, who soon after made a similar fair catch. Beecher, however, soon afterward secured the ball, and was just slipping by Princeton's rush line when Decamp upset him. His efforts, however, resulted in another touch in goal for Princeton, and in the kick-out which followed Beecher got the ball. When it was snapped back he passed it to Watkinson, who made a remarkably neat goal from the field his position being far to one side of the goal...
Canoeing is the particular vanity of the Cambridge girl. She had a thousand times rather be upset trying to paddle her own canoe in Charles river than to go through the Harvard "Annex" with all the honors. - Beacon...
...with it down the field, and almost before the Harvard defence knew what was going on, tossed it to one of the homes, who neatly put it through the Harvard goal. Time, 30 seconds. Harvard then collected itself together for its usual up-hill game, and soon upset all of the Williamsburgher's calculations of victory. At both ends of the field the Harvard men played completely around their opponents. Several of the Williamsburgh players were sent flying heels over head by vigorous body checks, and every attempt to drop the ball through the Harvard flags was frustrated...
There was an upset race after the regular Canoe regatta last Wednesday. A. G. Webster won the first prize, and G. A. Webster the second...