Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Hancock, the quarter-back on the Princeton eleven, won the quarter-mile run for foot-ball men at the Princeton fall games...
GLOBE THEATRE.- "Lagardere, or the Hunch-back of Paris...
Cranston, the captain and centre and Farquhar, full back are layed up and could not play. Harvard has as rushers, Bancroft, Butler, Trafford, Brainard, (centre), Woodman, Piper and Boyden. Harvard had the kick-off and the sun at their backs. After 3 downs Porter kicks the ball. Returned by Kales. Harding makes a poor pass and Morrison makes a good run. Porter carries the ball back to Exeter's 25-yard line, but the ball is not forced over. Exeter gets ball on four downs and drives Harvard to centre of the field. Holden, Sears and Butler make short runs...
...Boyden makes the next touchdown, as a kick of Exeter's half is stopped. Goal; 36-0. The first half ends with ball in the middle of the fleld in Trafford's possession. Morrison makes a good run to Harvard's 25-yard line. Harvard drives Exeter back and the playing remains in centre of field for some time. sears finally takes the ball and runs through the centre of the opposing rush line and makes a touchdown. Goal; 42-0. Harding, Holden and Piper make runs, and Sears carries the ball over. Goal; 48-0. Harding makes the last...
...Harvard team was made up as follows: Rushers, Bass, Burnett, Bangs, Horn, Blanchard, Goldthwaite and Bourne; quarter-back, Valentine; half-backs, Clark, captain, and Crane; full-back, Fitzhugh. Referee, Brenner, Yale '85; umpire, R. H. Post, Harvard...