Word: criss
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second half began at 4.50. White took Saxe's place. Wesleyan worked the criss-cross trick to good advantage and made 15 yards. Harvard prevented Slayback from gaining, and on the next down Hall punted. B. Trafford caught the ball on the dead run and made a beautiful gain of twenty yards. On the second down he punted to Hall. McDonald dodged finely and brought the ball back near the middle of the field. Crosby fell on the ball. It was passed to White but Crane tackled him before he got started. The ball went to Wesleyan on a misplay...
...ball behind her goals. Trafford kicked a goal. Score 17-0. After working the ball well ahead Tech. dropped it. Harvard soon forced it near enough for Trafford to kick another goal from the field. Score 21-0. Tech. gained about twenty five yards by playing the criss cross trick. The ball was kicked to Fearing who ran twenty-five yards with it. A kicked ball was missed by Garrison and Hutchinson carried it over. Goal by Trafford. Score 28-0. Another touchdown was secured before time was called. Score...
...Andover eleven now rallied strongly and prevented Exeter's scoring the coveted touchdown. Four times did the Exeter rushers hurl themselves in vain against the Andover line, and then having failed to advance the ball the requisite five yards, forfeited it to Andover. Andover now tried the old "criss cross" trick, and Bliss, after having eluded the whole Exeter eleven rushed almost the entire length of the field, scoring a touch downfor Andover, from which a goal was kicked. Almost immediately afterwards time was called and the first half ended with the score 6 to 0 in favor of Andover...