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...ball in the scrimmage, Green goes around the right end and gains fifteen yards before he is forced out. The ball was brought in fifteen yards and after Green had gained five yards more the ball went to Ninety three on four downs. Parker gains twenty yards around left end and Thatcher five more through centre; Ninety-two again gets the ball and Forbes is forced to punt, Newell getting the ball on Ninety three's twenty-five yard line. Green rushed for ten yards and Ninety two came very near scoring, but Ninety-three gets the ball and rushes...
...play. It was a success; aided by some remarkable interference Morrison covered 35 yards, before he was forced out. This looked dubious for Harvard, but it was the last long gain around the end made by Yale during the afternoon. Yale kept the ball for a considerable time now and managed to force it forty yards into Harvard's territory before compelled to kick. Then B. Morison sent the ball sailing down on the wind, and Trafford was allowed a fair catch on Harvard's five-yard line. Lake gained eight yards behind the V; Corbett failed to advance...
Rule 24-Add section (C), "If the player, when of side, touches the ball inside the opponents' five-yard line, the ball shall go as a touchback to the opponents...
...stopped, losing fifteen yards. On Harvard's third down the ball was given to Yale for off-side play. On Yale's second down Cranston broke through and tackled McBride, recovering the ground lost on McClung's first rush. Wurtemburg fumbled, but Yale was given five yards for Dean's off-side play and saved the ball. Both sides kicked with a loss for Yale. Yale then worked the ball beyond Harvard's ten-yard line by short rushes by Gill (2), Morrison (3), McClung (2), Rhodes and McBride, and five yards for Harvard's offside play. Newell was disqualified...
...made a touchdown. Time 16 minutes. No goal. Score 44-2. When the ball was put in play McDonald started to run around Crosby who pushed him back five yards. The ball went to Harvard but she soon lost it again. Hall tried to kick from Wesleyan's five-yard line, but P. Trafford stopped the ball. It bounded over the line and Cranston dropped on it. Time 18 minutes. Goal. Score...