Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Freshman debate last night was decided in favor of the negative taken by W. McC. Lloyd and H. B. Horwitz...
...strong wind, blowing diagonally across the field, made accurate punting impossible. In the first half Coombs punted frequently, and had the slight advantage of the wind over Hallowell. The latter made some longer punts in the next half when he had the wind in his favor and gained over Coombs on every exchange. He was well supported by Campbell who made every punt count for its full distance...
...gained 30 yards by returning Hare's kick-off in the next half. Coombs punted short to Campbell, and then a steady attack on the guards soon resulted in a touchdown by Ellis. Daly punted out to Hallowell and Lawrence kicked the goal. More punting followed in Hallowell's favor. Burnett tried for a goal from the 51-yard line after a fair catch but failed. Finally Harvard se- cured the ball on downs on Pennsylvania's 20-yard line and soon pushed Ellis over for the third and last touchdown. Lawrence missed the goal...
Succeeding the next kick-off, both sides fumbled continually. After an exchange of kicks to Harvard's favor and an off-side play by Carlisle, Ellis rushed the ball to the Indian's 20-yard line on a fake kick, and by successful line-plunges, carried it to the five yard line. Here Carlisle held for two downs when Daly scored on a clever criss-cross, and Lawrence kicked the goal. Soon after the kick-off the Indians were forced to punt but Ellis blocked the kick and fell on the ball. Daly, with Donald back, then attacked the Indian...
...yard line. Although Burnett missed this try at goal, he kicked one a minute later from the 37 yard line. Offside play by Harvard gave the ball to Carlisle, who rushed it to the 40 yard line, where Hudson missed a difficult goal. More punting followed in Hallowell's favor, until he finally secured the ball on a fumble. This enabled Kendall to score, and Daly kicked the goal...