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Cambridge made 12 yards on the V and added 25 by the criss-cross. Raymond made a touch-down and Whitman kicked a goal. Score 6-0. Cambridge got the ball and by repeated rushes through the centre Raymond scored again. Score 10-0. The try for a goal failed and Thayer caught the ball and quickly added another touch-down, from which Whitman kicked a difficult goal. Score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge 20; English High 12. | 11/22/1890 | See Source »

...passed the ball to Gardner, who made a good run and touch-down. Garrison failed to kick a goal. Score, 6-4. Ninety-three here made some short rushes and were allowed five yards for off-side play. Robb was injured and Broughton took his place. Immediately the criss-cross trick was tried but failed. The ball was in '94's territory when time was called. Final score, 6-4 in favor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football. | 10/28/1890 | See Source »

...took the ball. Her backs made repeated gains directly through the centre. On the third down, so near were they to the freshman line that Phelan tried for a goal but failed. Harvard failed to gain and was forced to kick. Exeter then made a good gain by a criss-cross. Both sides kicked with more or less advantage and soon Exeter recovered the ball on some very bad passing. They soon got the ball near the line and Phelan kicked a remarkably pretty goal from the thirty yard line. Score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exeter 11; Ninety-four, 0. | 10/23/1890 | See Source »

Ninety-four opened the second half worse if possible than the first. Phelan and Irvine made enormous gains through the line. The criss-cross adeed twenty-five yards and soon Phelanran around the end and scored. Whitehead kicked the goal. Score, 11-0. Ninety-four made a little improvement but soon Phelan ran around the other end and almost scored when time was called. It would have been difficult for a team to take less interest, play with less snap and team work than did the freshman team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exeter 11; Ninety-four, 0. | 10/23/1890 | See Source »

...criss-cross rushes in quick succession carried the ball towards '93's goal. Parker and Broughton rushed it back and Duffield carried it over and kicked a goal. Score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ninety-three 24; C. H. S. O. | 10/21/1890 | See Source »

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