Word: ditches
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Haven on Saturday, the Harvard eleven after fighting heroically to the last ditch against a team vastly superior in strength of attack and general knowledge of football, was defeated by Yale 12 to 0. One touchdown was scored in each half, the first after Yale in twenty-eight minutes of actual play had three times rushed the ball nearly half the length of the field, against an increasingly stubborn defense; the second after a blocked kick by Harvard late in the second half. Yale was decisively superior in the power and unity of her attack, strong on defense...
...Graydon made a yard through right tackle and Kernan punted to Metcalf. Bowditch tackled Metcalf as he was attempting to advance, and he fumbled the ball, but Shevlin secured it on Yale's 35 yard line. Chadwick gained a yard through left tackle before he was stopped by Bow- ditch. On the next play Metcalf worked his way through an opening made by Goss and Hogan and, dodging Marshall and outrunning Mills, ran 74 yards for a touchdown. Bowman kicked the goal. Score, Yale, 12; Harvard...