Word: catching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unworthy Christmas dinner in the crowded station dining-room at Baltimore. At Washington, during the ten minutes halt a score of men under the lead of Shippen, second bass, whose home is in that city, ran up the hill to the base of the capitol in order to catch a glimpse of the beautiful city. The natives were much astonished at the invasion...
...crises-cross" trick carried the ball to the four-yard line and Cranston rushed it over the goal-line in thirty-three minutes. No goal. Score, Harvard 8, Yale 0. Yale forced the ball ten yards from the twenty-five-yard line and then punted. Wadsworth having a fair catch in the center of the field passed the ball to Harding who gained five yards. Rushes by Dennison, Wadsworth, Lee, Harding and Newell forced the ball close to the line and Cranston again carried it over. No goal. Brooks got the ball from the try at goal and scored another...
...goal line, and one minute later Clark fumbling, Davis dropped on the ball inside the line and made a touchdown. Harding kicked the goal. Wesleyan started the ball from the middle of the field, but losing five yards by a good tackle by Cumnock, kicked. Sears made a fair catch, and the ball was passed to V. Harding, who carried it to the twenty-five-yard line. The play was not allowed, however, on the ground that some of the rushers were ahead of the ball when Sears touched it with his foot. Wesleyan lost five yards by a good...
...forty-yard line and Porter by a good rush advanced it to Wesleyan's twenty-yard line where be made a short punt. Wesleyan advanced the ball ten yards, but lost ground again by the good tackling of V. Harding. Wesleyan punted and Sears had a fair catch on the forty-yard line and he held the ball for a place kick by Lee. The ball fell ten yards short of the posts and Wesleyan advanced it fifteen yards, but fumbled and Cranston got it by a good drop. Sears kicked, and Cumnock getting the ball passed to Crosby...
...Schaik. After punting by both sides close to Technology's goal line, Harding finally got the ball and made a touchdown, from which he kicked a goal-Time, 25 minutes. Score, 62-0. Technology kicked from the centre of the field; Sears returned and Technology had a fair catch. Harvard got the ball from the kick and Sears advanced the ball fifteen yards and Harding carried it over the remaining forty-yards and made the last touchdown for Harvard. Time 29 minutes. Harding kicked the goal which made the final score: Harvard, 68; Worcestor Technology, 0. Time was called just...