Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29 - The afternoon here was ideal for football, clear and cold to suit the players, but with a bright sun to make it easier for the spectators. Before the game began, the wind had almost entirely died out, so that neither side had any advantage on that score...
...minute the first score of the game was made. Brooke had kicked to Harvard's three-yard line, and Hayes, who received the ball, not knowing he was so close to the goal, ran back across the line and so scored two points against his side. The half ended almost immediately after this...
Brooke tried for a goal from the field, but went almost forty feet wide. The ball came out to the 40 yard line, and Hayes kicked to Osgood; but in a minute Pennsylvannia got it on offside play on Harvard's 20 yard line...
...game with Yale today is one of a long series in which Harvard has almost always been defeated. Out of sixteen games actually played so far, her only victories were in 1875 and in 1890. In the first of these games, Yale was at a disadvantage, owing to the fact that she was playing under rules to which she was not accustomed; so that Harvard can only be credited with one earned victory in the entire series...
...sooner announced, however, than all Yale - graduates and undergraduates - was aroused. The first sign of awakening was the appearance of Armstrong among the candidates, first for quarterback, then for halfback. Coaches, old players, began flocking to Yale. During the last ten days there has been a coach for almost every individual on the field. Mr. Camp unfortunately was obliged to disappoint them...