Word: baird
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Princeton team won Saturday's game chiefly because Baird outclassed any of the Harvard backs in punting and because the Harvard team was not strong enough in offensive play to make up for this...
Church and Gailey played the best game for Princeton in the line. The former broke through oftener than any one else, and the latter showed himself a first-class snap-back in every respect. Behind the line, Baird through his punting and Smith through his accurate passing, interference and clever head-work were invaluable...
...game, with the ball on Harvard's 20 yard line, Brown dropped back for a kick. The pass was slow and too high and just as Brown got the ball away, Church blocked it. It rolled back of the line where Brokaw fell on it for the second touchdown. Baird kicked both goals...
Harvard's only chance to score came in the first half, when Shaw and Swain broke through and blocked one of Baird's punts. With a clear field, Moulton had a chance to get the ball and run with it, but he fumbled and a Princeton man fell...
...John Baird '99, fullback, prepared for college at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and played his present position on the 'varsity last year. His home is in Philadelphia. Age 19, height 5 feet 9 1-2 in., weight...