Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...freshmen and sophomores of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will hold their annual field day today. In former years the two classes used to hold a cane rush but this has since been modified into a competition in sports. The three events will be a foot-ball game, a relay race and a tug-of-war. The final standing of the classes is based on a point system, the events counting four, three and two points respectively in the order named...
...HAVEN, CONN., Nov. 2, 1916.--Because most of the backfield players are suffering from overwork, the coaches have begun a policy of trying out reserve candidates, giving the ball to each in turn during the afternoon. As a result Hutchinson has been shifted from centre on the first team to fullback on the second...
...first University score came after a series of long gains by every member of the original backfield and was made on a line plunge. The University had another chance to score shortly afterwards when the seconds fumbled on their four-yard line and the regulars recovered the loose ball, but none of the backs were able to get through the scrubs' line. Not long afterwards the second touchdown was made on a long run through a broken field...
...Burnham '19, who substituted for Thacher, showed up well as a defensive back, tackling hard and following the ball well. He made sure of every second team back who got past the University line and is likely to give Thacher a hard fight for his regular position...
...Harvard forwards were considerably befuddled by the hidden-ball plays, which Cornell had borrowed from Harvard, and frequently charged the wrong way. But, as pointed out above, the Ithacans were obliged to carry on their defensive line-breaking in their own territory. Harvard played her centre loose on defence, and this helped a lot. Cornell's centre had better have played similarly; but he didn't. Cornell is unquestionably a better team than she showed herself to be Saturday. She received a dose of genuine football class on Saturday, and it unsettled her. As for Harvard, any team that defeats...