Word: downes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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The University soccer team defeated Yale at New Haven last Saturday 2 to 0. One goal was scored in each half. A few minutes after the opening of the game F. C. Dimond '19 ran the ball down the field and put in the first goal by a long shot...
...Yale player, Gates, but the ability of the Blue team to force the ball over the goal line after this fumble was a demonstration of its slight superiority. The University line put up a magnificent defence in the shadow of their goal posts, for it took Yale eight downs to make the 12 yards. It was fourth down and one yard to go when Legore hurled himself and the ball six inches across the line...
...University eleven was in the poor quality of the tackling. The men seemed unable to hold the Yale players securely and often two or more men were necessary to bring down Legore or LaRoche. This weakness, however, did not do any serious harm for Yale earned but five first downs by rushing to three for the University...
Down in the Yale Bowl this afternoon Captain Dadmun and his men will struggle to wrest victory from the sullen bulldog, while in the stands the cohorts of the Crimson will cheer their efforts. At home in Cambridge supporters no less loyal will fervently beseech the gods for a Harvard...
Washington and Jefferson came to the Bowl a week later expecting to beat Yale, but went down to a 36-to-14 defeat in the fastest and cleanest game of the season. There was no doubt as to Yale's supremacy. They were strong on offence and defence and won...