Word: close
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard eleven defeated the Dartmouth team yesterday afternoon by a score of 74-0. The Dartmouth men played a curious game, their three backs bunching close behind the quarter-back and breaking through the centre of the rush line together. Their play was effective, rarely gaining for them less than three yards, and often five or eight. The reason the Harvard team could not stop these rushers better lay in the fact that all the men were very slow in getting through, and all tackled high. The offensive game of the Harvard team was the best that it has played...
...when Cranston advanced it five yards and Sears carried it over the line. Time four minutes. Harding kicked the goal. Score 6-0. Technology forced the ball twenty yards into Harvard's territory, but lost it on a fumble. Rushes by Lee, Harding, Sears and Longstreth carried the ball close to the goal line, and Sears made the second touchdown. Time 10 minutes. No goal. Technology kicked from the centre of the field, and, Sears returning, Crosby had the ball down on the twenty-five-yard line. Lee and Cranston advanced the ball ten yards, and Sears carried it over...
...across the line. Time, 14 minutes. Harding kicked the goal. Harvard got the ball in the centre of the field on four downs, and after losing it twice by fumbling and by foul holding, finally held it and rushes by Harding, Lee, Sears and Dexter carried the ball close to the line and Cranston made a touchdown. Time, 20 minutes. No goal. Dexter got hurt in this rush and his place was taken by Van 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...
...first in the series of class games of football at Tufts College was played Thursday afternoon between '89 and '91. The contest was marked by brilliant playing and was very close and exciting. Eighty-nine forced a safety in the first half and thus won by a score...
STUDENTS intending to take part in the torchlight procession who have not as yet signed should do so at once, as the books close Friday evening, Oct. 26th, at JAMES W. BRINE'S stores, 10 and 11 Harvard Row and 436 Harvard street...