Word: goal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yale won the toss and chose the west goal with the wind...
EXETER, N. H., November 12, 1897.- Exeter defeated Andover 18-14 yesterday afternoon in one of the best and cleverest contests ever seen between preparatory schools. Five minutes' more play would undoubtedly have enabled Andover to score again, and by kicking a goal to win the game. As it was, Exeter took a brace just in time and managed to hold their opponents. Any other game but football would have been postponed, for the field was literally a mass...
...Yale, 1 goal. Harvard, 2 touchdowns (according to rules, not counted...
...Varsity practice yesterday was light and consisted entirely in strengthening the component parts of team play and in running through different lines of work, such as punting, goal-kicking, etc. As a whole the men were not up to their form of the previous day. They lacked the spirit of that practice and did not handle themselves as creditably as they ought to at this stage in their development...
...criticized, while his interference is exceptional. He is not as strong a defensive player as Cochrane, who has done consistent good work, accurate, quick and aggressive. The team seems to score rapidly when he is running it. He is good on the defence, a sure tackler, and his goal kicking is a feature...