Word: balle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Immediately after the following kick-off, Mason, Crimson halfback, took the ball from scrimmage, cut through the line, and was off on a dazzling run that took him 50 yards to the Blue 7-yard chalk. Here the period ended, but on the first play of the second quarter Captain Wetmore slashed through the Eli defense for a touchdown, and dropkicked the thirteenth point into the Harvard column...
Fast, powerful, mercilessly efficient, the Brown forwards streamed through the Crimson front defense and smothered play after play well behind the line of scrimmage. Often, particularly in the first half, French, back to pass or kick, found the Bruins climbing over him before he could get the ball in position to get away. Later, Chauncey suffered the same fate, and several times was thrown for losses of 10 or 15 yards before he could dispose of the pigskin...
...attack that Coach Horween's team really succumbed. Mishel and Randall took turns throwing the ball to each other, and each time it meant disaster for the Crimson. In the first quarter, after a short kick by French had given Brown the ball at midfield, the Bruins rushed it to Harvard's 19-yard mark, a 21-yard romp by Mishel being the feature of the march. Then Randall hurled the pigskin to Mishel for a first down on the 9-yard line. A triple pass gained a yard, and then Mishel tossed to Randall, who stepped over the line...
...first play after the opening kick-off saw a 25-yard Junior pass completed which took the Elis entirely by surprise. In the second quarter, Heard took the ball over for a touchdown. His try for goal failed...
...this country which supports a drum with such a drummer as appeared between the halves and the goal posts last Saturday. Before Gilbert Seldes and the other higher aesthetes get a chance I wish to have it definitely stated that that drummer is a great artist. Like a moth ball in a derby he was the only bright spot of my afternoon. May he live to beat many drums...