Word: backed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...second half, Brewer and Whittemore took the places of Fairchild and Gonterman back of the line, and Waters went in at right tackle. The result was remarkable. Whittemore caught the kick-off and ran twenty-five yards, while Brewer on the next play went around Matterson's end for twenty-five yards more. Then came a short gain through the line, and a touchdown was scored in one minute and nineteen seconds by Hayes's rush of thirty-five yards between left end and tackle. Brewer kicked the goal. He had been playing but a minute more when he hurt...
...condition of the roads during the last week, training for the road race has been impossible and it has been thought advisable to shorten the course for Monday. The route will be from the gymnasium out Garden street to Belmont, then by Pleasant and Lenard streets to Arlington, and back to the gymnasium...
...tickets this year are in a number of respects different from those of last year. They have the same steel plate engraving on the back as last year, but the color has been changed and the workmanship is better. The object of this engraving is to prevent counterfeiting, yet even this safeguard has not prevented some counterfeiting in the past. The face of the tickets is quite different. For one thing, the letters and numbers of the sections, rows and seats are made much more prominent. Applications are now beginning to come in fast...
Taken individually the men who will line up against each other are said to be very evenly matched. Princeton's line is probably a good deal stronger on the defense than Pennsylvania's. Back of the line the advantage seems to be with the red and blue. Williams, U. of P.'s quarterback, is a better tackler, a better interferer, and handles the ball more cleanly than Poe of Princeton. The halfbacks are of almost equal strength, but Pennsylvania expects Brooke, her fullback, to do wonders for the team by his punting...
Hoague is slow and he also has a tendency to run back to stop end plays. He blocks well and is hard to pass. He must improve...