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...Harvard rushers to hold their opponents, but finally Harvard secured the ball near the centre of the field and Blanchard, Lee, and Dennison worked it down to Wesleyan's twenty-yard line by clever rushes. Here Goldthwaite broke through the line with the ball, and carried it to the five-yard line, and on the next rush Lee deposited it behind the goal line, fourteen minutes after play had begun. The try for a goal was a failure. Score 4-0. Wesleyan could not gain owing to the good work of Harvard's line and Hall was compelled to kick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 64; Wesleyan, 0. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

...seniors gave the freshmen fifteen minutes' practice on Norton's field yesterday afternoon. Play began at 4.30, Ninety taking the north goal. Ninety had the ball and advanced it twenty yards. Henshaw gained a little and McLeod getting the ball on the next pass, carried it to Ninety's five-yard line. McLeod then attempted to rush but Ninety's rush line was so badly broken that he had to retreat, losing ten yards. Crane failed to kick a goal from the field, but on the next pass, he carried the ball near to Ninety-three's goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ninety, 4; Ninety-three, 0. | 10/19/1889 | See Source »

...rush of nearly sixty yards, scoring a touchdown in less than five minutes. Trafford kicked a goal. Score, 6-0. Dartmouth then made fifteen yards by a couple of rushes but lost the ball to Harvard. Fearing then made a good rush of twenty yards followed by ten yards by Blanchard. The ball was soon passed to Trafford who kicked to Weeks, but Cumnock tackled him where he caught the ball. Dartmouth failed to gain five yards in three downs and the ball went to Harvard. Fearing rushed well bringing the ball to the five-yard line when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Failed to Score. | 10/14/1889 | See Source »

...stopped, Stevens getting it. Then both backs made rushes without gaining more than five yards. Strong gained five yards by a kick after which began a series of rushes by the half-backs and kicks by the full back which gave Stevens a gain of about ten yards when the ball went to Harvard on a foul. Lee made a strong rush of twenty yards, but was finely tackled by Emmett. Bowman then rushed about fifteen yards, Emmett again tackling. Lee gained another ten yards, Bowman then made a couple of rushes without advancing the ball. Trafford kicked behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 28; Stevens' Institute 4. | 10/7/1889 | See Source »

...event will receive three points, the second two. 4, The longest pass of the ball in three attempts; first, eight, second, five. 5, Goal from drop kick. Each contestant will have three trials. In this event the kicking will begin at the twenty-yard line, and at each succeeding five-yard line until the fifty-yard line is reached. 6. Handicap run the length of the field, the heaviest man to receive the greatest handicap, while the backs and end rushers give three and two yards respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Foot ball Cup. | 10/4/1889 | See Source »

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