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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ball was put in play by Palmer, and Perry and Palmer, by rushing and kicking, gained ground for Harvard, but owing to poor passing, the distance was soon lost. Austin gained ten yards. The ball was now nearing Harvard goal; it was passed to Palmer, who fumbled it behind Harvard's line, and an Exeter man fell upon it. No goal. Harvard, 0; Exeter, 8. Time was called with the ball near Harvard's twenty-five yard line...
...obliged to score a safety. Harvard, 2; Exeter, 8. Perry and Blanchard steadily gained, but Graves' long punts brought the ball near Harvard's posts. Stickney got it and started with a clear field, but was finely tackled by Crane. Trafford soon got the ball and rushed it behind the line. Goal. Harvard, 2; Exeter, 14. The ball again in play, Perry carried it down the field toward Exeter, and after Harvard had been given five yards and gained the ball on account of fouls, Austin carried it across Exeter's line. No goal. Harvard, 6; Exeter, 14. The ball...
...three yards from the goal line, when the ball was lost to Wesleyan. Eggleston made a bad pass and Wesleyan made a safety touchdown. Score 16-0. Wesleyan kicked from the twenty-five yard line. Sears returned well, and just as Slayback caught the ball Cumnock downed him just behind the goal line, scoring the second safety against Wesleyan. Wesleyan kicked and Sears returned, and Slayback had a fair catch on the twenty-yard line. Porter returned his kick, and Trafford, in attempting to keep the ball from rolling over the line, slipped and knocked it across. Cranston stopped Wesleyan...
...Tariff Reform meeting was held last evening in Tremont Temple. The hall was closely packed; the audience consisting largely of ladies, Harvard graduates and students. At precisely eight o'clock the doors behind the stage opened, and amid deafening cheers the procession of speakers vice-presidents and executive committee marched on to the stage, the Cadet Band playing "Fair Harvard." It was some time before the applause subsided, and Mr. G. R. Nutter introduced the presiding officer, Colonel Charles R. Codman, who received an enthusiastic Harvard cheer. Colonel Codman said that in 1860 it was the young...
...ball twenty-five yards and Fitzhugh made the sixth touchdown for Harvard. Fitzhugh kicked a goal. Time 25 minutes. Exeter kicked from the middle of the field and Sears returned. Harvard got the ball and Poore rushed forty yards and carried the ball across the line, but lost it behind the goal posts. Sears dropped on the ball, however, and scored the seventh touchdown for Harvard, from which Fitzhugh kicked a goal. Time 27 minutes. This is the last point that was scored. Final score: Harvard, 39; Exeter...