Word: gave
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...said that the Yale men were so certain of winning. with Hancock as referee, that they gave odds...
...Thursday evening Beecher's father gave a dinner at the Union League Club to the members of the Yale eleven...
...forward ten yards. Goldthwaite tried to rush, but dropped the ball. It was passed to Clark, who rushed through and made a touchdown, but the referee decided that the ball was not in play. Yale now began a kicking game, and at once gained twenty-five yards. The umpire gave Yale fifteen yards for questionable offside play. Burnett secured the ball by breaking through and dropping on it, and Clark gained fifteen yards by a rush. Yale got the ball and McBride made a long kick to Crane, who caught it, but it was given back to Yale...
...Porter advanced the ball to the thirty-yard line. It was now expected that Harvard would score, but Yale managed to secure the ball through a fumble. It was passed out to Graves, '91, who made a rush around the end. An interference on the part of Yale gave Harvard the ball and Porter gained some ground. Sears made a short run and Butler carried the ball twenty yards further up the field before being forced outside. Porter gained five yards more. At this point in the game, Graves, '88, one of the Yale halfbacks, hurt...
...maugurate or to increase among so many, at least, a better understanding of what the body can reach in fleetness, in dexterity, in strength and in endurance; and in spite of the shock to fastidiousness of a little bruising and a little dust, and a very little blood, it gave a glimpse of the possibilities of the corporeal human nature, which was as beautiful...