Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Burnett played centre on the second eleven and seemed well able to hold his own with Sargent. Ellis did some brilliant rushing for the substitutes. The tackles on the first eleven, Swain and Eaton, are not up to form yet. Both men play too high...
...decidedly superior to the other, especially on end plays. Although, few gains could be made through the line, long rushes by Warren around the end soon brought the ball down the field until Sawin carried it over the line for a touchdown. Sawin kicked the goal. Daly played a brilliant game, and in addition to excellent work in the interference made some long runs of receiving kicks. For the other team, Parker tackled fiercely at right end. In the next two halves, Ellis, Devens and Gierasch proved themselves a strong trio of backs. Ellis ran hard and low and made...
...form shown by the 'Varsity in the Pennsylvania game on Saturday was, with the exception of the batting, very encouraging. But for one or two cases of infield misjudgments, which should be censured, the nine played a brilliant, errorless game. The infield especially started in on the aggressive in a way that did much to discourage the Pennsylvania batters...
Fitz pitched the first three innings and was doing well when Hayes took his place. Hayes pitched three innings and was found for four hits, up to the seventh inning when Haughton was substituted for him and finished the game. At no time was Harvard's fielding anything brilliant, with the possible exception of a long foul which Robinson managed to reach. For the Graduates, W. Clarkson of the Cambridge High School, who was played in place of Abbott, put up an excellent game at third, making an especially brilliant catch of a long foul in the ninth inning...
...third set Bidwell played a much steadier game, while Davis became careless. With the games six all, both players settled down to work and some very pretty tennis resulted, with several brilliant rallies...