Word: badness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...elevens. These were then divided into two squads of some twenty-five each, which were put in charge of H. D. Scott and J. Flint. From these squads two first elevens were chosen and for the first time the best men were then put together, though the good and bad were about equally divided between the two teams. Finally there has been formed a first eleven, though there is considerable uncertainty as to what men will fill certain of the positions in the game with Yale. Scott, who plays quarterback, is the captain of the first eleven and handles...
...second half opened with Harvard's kick-off. Gordon fumbled the kick and Moulton secured the ball. The 'varsity pushed it steadily to the five yard line, where they lost it on a bad pass. A brewer broke through and downed Gordon before he could kick, making a safety, and the score stood...
...varsity football practice yesterday afternoon lasted for one short half only. There was no repetition of the energetic play of Thursday afternoon and several misunderstandings as to the signals occurred among the first eleven backs, which resulted in bad fumbles...
...most of the time. Continued rushes through the centre and between tackle and guard by Jackson, Hayes and Hamlen brought the ball to the first eleven's 20 yard line. Then the first made a stand and got the ball on four downs, but immediately lost it by a bad fumble. It looked then as though the second might score...
...ball within two yards of Yale's goal within a minute after play had been started. All the Brown gains were made through Judd. Yale scored 12 points the first half and 16 in the second half. There were many unfortunate accidents, Coombs, Thorne, Millard and Dennison receiving bad cuts on the head. DeWitt and Thorne made two touchdowns apiece and Beard scored the other. Hickok kicked four goals from touchdowns...