Word: gain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...year 1898-99 with profits were the University football and baseball, and the 1902 baseball associations. As was the case the year before last, the football association paid most of the expenses of the other organizations, by finishing the year with a surplus of $27,745.96, which is a gain of about $1000 over the previous year. In addition to supporting the other branches of athletics, the management has been enabled to expend over $13,000 on permanent betterments and improvements, as against $10,000 last year. The expenses of the boat clubs have been much larger than in former...
...Coach Lewis can build up another defense, but from the present outlook, the team, and especially the line, will be lighter than this year. On the offense, no serious loss will be felt. In punting also, with Reid and Hallowell still in College, the only change can be a gain. With the lessons of this season in mind, it is safe to say that the gain will be a decided...
...offensive the Yale eleven was unable to gain at any time and only twice had any chance whatever of scoring. Once in the first half, Stillman fumbled one of Craighead's punts, and offside by Harvard on the succeeding play gave Yale the ball on Harvard's 30-yard line. Again in the second half, both Baldwin and Stillman fumbled a punt and Wallace ran to the fifteen yard line before he was downed. Yale could not gain by direct rushing, however, and in the second half, Craighead's drop-kick for a goal was blocked and Yale's only...
After the next kickoff, fumbling gave the ball to Yale, who promptly punted. The Harvard Freshmen failed to gain in two end plays and Stillman exchanged punts with Craighead, gaining fifteen yards. A succession of line plays resulted in a touchdown by Derby, Yale again making a short but ineffectual stand on the five yard line...
...second half, Harvard kicked 9 times for a gain of 236 yards, and Yale kicked 8 times for 320 yards. Harvard rushed 33 times and gained in all 114 yards, and Yale rushed 27 times for 48 yards. In this half Yale made two steady rushes, one of 20 yards and the other of 27 yards. Harvard held Yale for downs three times. Harvard lost the ball once for holding, Yale twice on fumbles. Harvard fumbled once...