Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...novels of Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett, and published by Macmillan and Co., contain A Sportsman's Sketches. Turgenev began his literary career and won an enormous popularity in Russia by his sketches from peasant life. These volumes contain some of the best of his short stories, and gain a special interest from the influence they had upon the action of the late Czar in his more kindly treatment of the serfs...
Pennsylvania kicked off to Harvard's 15 yard line. Dayton made a 10 yard advance. Horner was through on Dibblee's kick and blocked it and Johnson, for Pennsylvania, secured the ball. Oglesby was thrown for a loss and on the next kick Harvard gained the ball on the 25 yard line. With the ball within a foot of the boundary, Dibblee made a kick which went out of bounds two yards behind where it had been put in play and Pennsylvania thus regained in. After two failures to gain, Hedges was tried with the side kick and carried...
Pennsylvania had the ball for the kick-off in the second half, and gained it again on Harvard's 30 yard line through Horner blocking Dibblee's return punt. After an exchange of kicks, Pennsylvania started at Harvard's 40 yard line to advance down the field. Fortescue and Horner were alternately used at the opposite tackles, and the latter never failed to gain. On Harvard's 35 yard line Pennsylvania was compelled to kick to retain possession: Dayton got through and blocked the ball, bounding it into Richardson's hands, and Richardson, with no one in front...
Pennsylvania now made a touchdown in quick order. She carried the ball to Harvard's 25 yard line, where Harvard got it. Dayton made four yards through right tackle and a similar gain through left, when Adams, shaking off every tackler, carried the ball to Pennsylvania's 25 yard line. In going through the line on the next line-up the ball bounded out of Dayton's hand and Oglesby, securing it, made a beautiful run of 90 yards, dodging four of Harvard's tacklers and scoring Pennsylvania's only touchdown...