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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This afternoon at 3 o'clock Harvard plays the Cornell eleven on Soldiers Field and, judging from their recent scores against Princeton of 0-10, against Lafayette of 4-4, and against Tufts of 15-0, it is safe to say that the 'Varsity will have to play hard football if they expect to do much scoring Corfiell's team undoubtedly is much stronger than last year. The line is heavy and aggressive and is well backed by a set of hardrushing backs...
Yesterday afternoon the first interclass game of the year was played on the 'Varsity practice field at Soldiers Field between the Junior and Senior elevens and resulted in a victory for ninety-nine by the score...
There was a strong wind blowing straight down the field, but otherwise the conditions were good. '99 chose the side with the wind and '98 kicked off. After a run around right end and through left tackle, Brown kicked and Vincent caught the ball for '98. '98 then lost the ball on downs and '99 kicked again. Riggs, after making some slight gains through centre and guard, fumbled and '99 got the ball. Adams then went through left tackle for twenty yards and Davis went around the right end for twenty more and a touchdown, and Adams kicked the goal...
...Adams kicked off again for '98 and '99 got the ball on the thirty-five yard line. W. Adams then cleared the left end and ran down the field for a touchdown but was called back on account of holding in the line. For the rest of the half there was no more scoring, the ball being well down in ninety-eight's territory most of the time...
...ball and kicked forty yards. '99 then kicked fifteen and '98 lost the ball on downs. W. Adams took the ball on a fake kick, like the play used by Newtowne against Harvard on Wednesday, and ran nearly the whole length of the field and scored the second touchdown, but failed to kick the goal. Towards the end of the half '98 came very near scoring by a run around right end, which was stopped by a brilliant tackle by Simpson. The game ended with the ball on ninety-nine's three-yard line...