Word: balle
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...line, holding Wesleyan's feeble attacks with comparative ease. The tendency to off-side play and holding, so apparent in last Saturday's game, has not yet been eradicated, as the team showed signs of reverting to such tactics yesterday. The result was that once Wesleyan got the ball for holding, and once was given yards for off-side play. The offensive strength of the eleven can hardly be judged by their showing against the lighter Wesleyan team, as the backs gained almost at will and the forwards opened large holes at every play. The new plays of running...
...ends, Graydon and Richardson were given no opportunities for breaking up plays as Wesleyan always tried the line when they had the ball. Both these men did fair work in rushing, while Graydon followed the ball with great precision and as a result recovered it for Harvard several times...
...forwards, Swain was always in the game. He held Wesleyan's rushes very effectually and opened large holes for his backs. He was also well down the field on punts, with the result that he once tackled for a loss, and once, securing the ball on a fumble, ran 35 yards for a touchdown. Donald was strong on the defense, but on the offensive was careless about letting men through...
...shape, and Bull in particular distinguished himself by two 40 yard runs around the end. He was very strong on the defensive also, and broke up the interference well. Hoague and Wadsworth played their usual strong game. A. R. Sargent and G. M. Sargent ran very effectively with the ball...
...first half the second eleven took the side with the wind, and with long runs by Bull, and plunges through tackle, brought the ball twice to Andover's five-yard line, where A. R. Sargent was pushed over the line for two touchdowns. Brown kicked both goals, one of them being very difficult. In the second half, Bull made a long run from the middle of the field to the ten-yard line from which Wadsworth carried the ball over for a touchdown. Brown kicked his third goal. Burdick broke through the line onto a clear field but was tackled...