Word: amherst
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Amherst got the ball for Harvard's offside play, but Harvard got it again on the first play. Davis and Fairchild made slight gains, and then behind the best interference that has been seen on Soldiers Field this year, C. Brewer ran 25 yards and made a touchdown. He failed to kick a goal, and, although the play continued for a minute more giving C. Brewer a chance to punt 55 yards, the score remained...
Harvard beat Amherst Saturday afternoon by a score of 24 to 0. Not once was Harvard in danger of being scored against, as the Amherst men were weak in every way. They gained more by Harvard's offside play and holding than by their own rushes. Tyler was the only Amherst man who played a strong game, and in the second half he played much better than Stevenson...
...game was free from all objectionable features. The only men who had to stop playing were Whitney of Amherst who strained a ligament in his shoulder; Captain Brewer who hurt his old knee again, and Moulton who strained his ankle...
...Then Amherst got the ball on account of off-side playing, but on the very first play Harvard again got the ball, which was now on the 20 yard line. Hayes made a good gain of 10 yards through the centre and then carried the ball...
...football game of Saturday showed what good can be done by a week's training directed intelligently to the points of weakness in the team. Although Amherst put up a much poorer game than Dartmouth did a week before, and indeed, was unaccountably weak in a part of the line, yet Harvard's victory, easy thoug it was, was due in large measure to the life and team-work which the men put into the play...