Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Clark, '91, half-back on last year's freshman eleven, and Wadsworth, who was injured two weeks ago, played half-backs on the second eleven, yesterday. Porter and Fitzhugh were the half-backs on the first eleven...
...evident from yesterday's game that the eleven must begin earnest work at once. The fumbling of the backs was demoralizing to the rushers, and the wretched work of the rush line made good playing impossible for the backs. All the rushers were miserably weak in holding, and while it is some excuse for them that they could not use their arms as formerly, it was not enough to justify the wretched playing of yesterday. None of the rushers broke through on the half-backs at all; right end and tackle were especially bad in this respect. No one ever...
Harvard-Rushers, Hartridge, Long-streth, Tilton, Dexter, Howe, Blan-chard, Slocum; quarter-back, Crane; halfs, Allen, Perry; full-back, Palmer...
What has happened to the lacrosse players? Have they given up all hope of winning back the championship this year? Because, if they have not, it behooves them to bestir themselves. The Princeton men have been at work for some time and have been getting some valuable practice. Why should not we go and do likewise? There is a popular belief at Harvard that autumn practice does no good in athletic sports, except of course in football. This is a great mistake. If the lacrosse management would issue a call for players now they would save some valuable time...
Andover-Rushers, Hunt, Mowry, Coxe, Speir, Upton, Townsend, Murchie; quarter-back, Onsley; halfs, C. A. Bliss, L. T. Bliss; full-back, Sprague...