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...first punting of any consequence was now begun, but was poor on account of the wet ball. It ended with Harvard's ball at the centre of the field. Here Brewer made the best run of the game. Taking the ball on a criss-cross from Wrightington, he dodged down the centre of the field for 55 yards. Waters was now given the ball and made a touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football. | 11/12/1894 | See Source »

...yards for interference with Davis, who dropped the ball. Ninety-five lost on four downs and Fincke kicked to Jackson. Hitch went through the centre for five yards. The freshmen got the ball on a fumble at their five yard line and Fincke gained ten yards by the criss-cross play. On the next play Knapp blocked the kick, Fincke falling on the ball. The next punt landed the ball at the middle of the field. Successive rushes by Jackson, Hitch and Miller carried it to ninety-eight's one yard line, where the freshmen held strong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football. | 11/7/1894 | See Source »

...first half '98 had the kick-off. They got the ball again and rushed it down to the sophomores' five yard line. There '97 got it on a fumble and in two rushes carried it to within twenty-five yards of the goal. Then Garrison, by a very pretty criss-cross, drew in the freshmen's right end and scored a touchdown. Garrison kicked a goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football. | 10/31/1894 | See Source »

...same opening gave 8 yards, and then Arnold got 10 more on an old-fashioned criss-cross, to which Brewer added 7 in a couple of rushes. But Hickok stopped the next pass and it was Yale's ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TIE GAME. | 11/28/1892 | See Source »

...Bliss made two short runs through Upton, but a criss-cross failed to gain, and Harvard got the ball for holding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE AGAIN WINNER. | 11/21/1892 | See Source »

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