Word: dartmouth
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Score--Harvard 1912, 6; Yale 1912, O: Touchdown--Pierce. Goal--Frothingham. Referee--Vail, of Pennsylvania. Umpire--Heneage, of Dartmouth. Field judge--Hull, of Yale. Linesmen--Enos of Harvard, Kestler of Yale. Time--30 minute halves...
Score--Yale, 11; Princeton, 6. Touchdowns--Coy, 2; Tibbott. Goals from touchdowns--Brides, Waller. Referee--J. P. Minds, U. of P. Umpire--J. B. Pendleton, Bowdoin. Field judge--E. K. Hall, Dartmouth. Head linesman--F. P. Young, Cornell, Time--35-minute halves...
Harvard came near scoring at the very start of the game, when after an exchange of kicks Corbett carried the ball to the 9-yard line. Two line plunges netted only four yards, and Cutler tried a forward pass which went to Dartmouth for a touchback. Dartmouth's only chance to score came at the end of the same half. An onside kick from Harvard's 46-yard line was recovered on the 24-yard line. Sherwin went back to try a drop kick but the ball fell short, and Browne ran it back to the 28-yard line...
...hardest fought games ever played on Soldiers Field, Harvard defeated Dartmouth Saturday afternoon by the score of 6 to 0. During the first half the play was very even, and although Harvard was outplaying its opponents in the second half, it was not until the last few minutes of the game that Harvard's touchdown was made. It came as the result of a series of rushes and forward passes from Harvard's own 24-yard line, the best exhibition of football Harvard has shown this year. Three beautiful forward passes and consistent gains by Leslie, Ver Wiebe and Smith...
...feature of the game was Harvard's use of the open, play, particularly the forward passes, which Cutler and Fish executed cleverly. It was the fight and snap which the University team put into their play that won the game. Dartmouth was by far the strongest eleven that Harvard has met this year, and made splendid fight. They depended mainly upon the old line-plunging game, however, and the two teams were too evenly matched for consistent gains through the line. The game was remarkably clean throughout, and there were few penalties...