Word: downes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...soon lost it and Horne got it and made the first touchdown for Harvard. Perry failed to kick a goal. After the kick-off, Perry made two bad muffs and Tech gained considerable ground. Bradlee made a good rush, however, but then the ball went to Tech after four downs were called. Germer got the ball and rushed the whole length of the field making first touchdown for Technology. Garrison kicked a goal. After the kick-off the ball was forced again into the Tech territory when Nichols was hurt in the leg. Clement took his place. Brainard...
...Harvard eleven played its second game of the season at Exeter yesterday afternoon, and defeated the Academy boys. Harvard had the kick-off and the lower end of the field. The ball was given to Harding, but he was sooned downed by one of Exeter's rushers. Butler and Piper followed with short runs and carried the ball within twenty-five yards of Exeter's line. Wood made a good try for a touchdown, but was well tackled by Cranston, the center rusher of the Exeter team. The ball was very close to the Exeter goal, and after a short...
A run by Sears followed. Saxe fumbled and Van In wagan secures the ball. Holden takes the sphere along several yards, and Hunt gets the ball and Holden carries it to within 10 yards of Exeter's line. Butler carries it over, making the score 58-0. No goal. Porter...
...Eastern Intercollegiate Foot-Ball Association met in Springfield last Wednesday and adopted the following new rules: After four downs without an advance of five yards the ball must be placed back twenty yards instead of ten yards, as before. A touch down will be made this year at the point the ball crosses the line. It was thought inexpedient to have two referees instead...
Scarcely a day goes by which does not bring in one shape or another some complaint regarding the execrable ventilation of the library. It is Harvard's boast to have a library which possesses more advantages for students than that of any other University in this country; but of what...