Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...date certainly show that her men know how to score, which is the essential in winning games. Our team showed in its game with Pennsylvania that it was able to keep the ball at Pennsylvania's end of the field a large part of the time, but even when close to their line our men seemed unable to make anything practical out of this advantageous position, i. e., they were unable to score. Moreover, when the ball approached their own end of the field the play of our team was usually very unsteady, and such unsteadiness, aided in that particular...
...University Football Eleven will play the Wesleyan Eleven on the Ward Street grounds, Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday next, November 1st. Wesleyan has a strong team and it will be a close game. Reduced rates have been obtained by the Boston and Albany Railroad. Round trip tickets may be had Saturday morning at the Albany depot for $4 each. The train leaves Boston at 9 A. M., and the return train leaves Hartford at 7.20 P. M., arriving in Boston at 10.30 P. M. Both are through express trains. It is hoped that a large number of undergraduates will accompany...
...ball was put in play at 3.16 P. M. They succeeded by a quick rally in carrying the ball some distance towards the Harvard goal, but then lost it. The man who next got it was Bemis, who made a beautiful rush and worked the ball close up to the other end of the field. Kent tried for goal but failed. The ball was brought out by the Techs and kicked off. Bemis and Gilman rushed it back and Kent tried again for a goal from the field and failed. The next move of interest was a rush by Wesselhoeft...
...hammer, there were four entries : R. T. Paine, C. Amory, M. Clyde, I. Thomas. The event was won by C. Amory, with a throw of 69 ft. 3 in. U. B. Lord and M. Thomas entered for the mile walk, which was won by the former, after a very close contest in 10 minutes. The 100-yards dash was a beautiful contest, and brought out some very fast runners. A. F. Holden, R. T. Paine, and F. Balch, entered for the first heat, and C. A. Porter and F. B. Lund for the second heat. The first heat...
...rush line when Harvard had a down. their men broke through quickly and often disconcerted our halfbacks when trying to catch or kick the ball, In the second half the ball was gradually worked to the Harvard end of the field. Peabody tried to make a fair catch close to the goal post, but a Penn, man got the ball, touched behind the line and was granted a touch-down, the only score made during the game. The ball was not kicked between the posts and after it was brought out Harvard rushed it to the other...