Word: gained
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...football team defeated Dartmouth Saturday afternoon in the Stadium by the score of 22 to 9, in a game which showed up the possibilities of the new rules to excellent advantage. Orr made two touchdowns for the University eleven in the first half, the first on a 45-yard, gain on a forward pass, the second after recovering the ball on a 54-yard onside kick. Wendell also carried the ball over Dartmouth's goal line in the first half, but the touchdown was not allowed on account of a penalty for offside play, and Newhall was forced...
...next play the ball went to the opponents on a forward pass which touched the ground. An exchange of punts followed, each team rushing the ball a few yards before kicking it. With the ball in Dartmouth's possession on their 40-yard line, the team failed to gain, and McDevitt punted to Newhall on the 38-yard line, who shortly after returned the punt, Osborne recovering the ball on Dartmouth's 34-yard line for a 35-yard gain. Wendell and Lincoln carried the ball to the 19-yard line in three rushes, after which Wendell, assisted...
...next play and the ball was taken back to the 21-yard line. On a fake punt Lincoln was forced back to the 12-yard line. Newhall punted to McDevitt, who downed the ball out of bounds on the University team's 34-yard line. The eleven failed to gain, and McDevitt, who had dropped back for a punt, made a long forward pass to Lang who was downed on Harvard's seven-yard line. The Dartmouth team could not gain at all through the opposing line, and on the third down McDevitt kicked a goal from placement, Stuart holding...
...remaining wharves at Brighton and various coalyards in the Boston harbor, a stationary bridge over the channel at Boylston bridge would have to have a head room of 25 feet at high tide to fulfil the government requirements. The authorities are in hopes of soon being able to gain control of the wharves at Brighton, thus doing away with the possibility of all trading vessels above Boylston street and making possible a much lower bridge...
...second half the Seniors kicked off and soon regained the ball on a fumble. By a series of steady gains the 1-yard line was reached and Burns went over for a touchdown. He kicked the goal. Soon after the next kick-off Jones made a long gain on a fake kick and Craft scored the touchdown. Burns again kicked the goal. The third touchdown and goal were made by Burns after a 55-yard run by Craft and a few short rushes. The game ended with the ball on the Juniors' 30-yard line...