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Word: downes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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The report that Exeter has a strong eleven this year proved to be not without foundation, as is shown by the result of Saturday's game, in which she defeated Harvard '88 by the score of 14 to 6. The game was called at 3.10, Eighty-eight winning the toss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exeter, 14- - Harvard '8 | 11/10/1884 | See Source »

Aided by the wind the Williams men forced the ball towards Harvard's touchline and there it remained for some minutes, neither side making any brilliant plays or much headway. This uncertainty was followed by a kick of the Williams' quarter-back toward his own goal, by which Harvard darned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard vs. Williams. | 11/7/1884 | See Source »

"As regards the general play of the eleven, it must be said that there is a woeful want of carefulness. It is the rule, not the exception, for the University to lose the ball when they get it within the college's 25-yard line. There are several reasons for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Eleven. | 11/7/1884 | See Source »

The rusher line as a whole plays with a noticeable lack of spirit and determination, and is a sad contrast at present with those which made Yale famous in the rushing game. They seldom not nice in the past two days stop a kick. and are so eager to get...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Eleven. | 11/7/1884 | See Source »

Still another form of advertisement, remains to be mentioned,-and this is alive and walks up and down the yard and frequents the walks to Sever and Memorial. Freshmen wonder who he is. Upper classmen see in him the "poco" whose tribe is famous in song. He is at his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our University in a Worldly Point of View. | 11/5/1884 | See Source »

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