Word: goals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...called soon after 3 o'clock, and lasted an hour with an intermission of five minutes. At first the play was about even, but Ninety soon forced the ball into their opponents' territory, and kept it there most of the time. They only succeeded however in getting three goals, thrown by Henshaw, Rourke and Wells. For Ninety-one Tudor threw a goal in the first halfof the game. Considering that six of Ninety's team are 'varsity men, the freshmen need not feel discouraged over their defeat. Their defence showed up well, but there is still room for great improvement...
Last Saturday the Harvard lacrosse team played the first championship game with the team from New York University. Game was called at four o'clock on Jarvis field, and one hour of play was indulged in which resulted in a score of eight goals to nothing in favor of Harvard. The game was uninteresting to onlookers, because it was so one-sided, Harvard out-playing her opponents at every point. The most noticeable feature of the game was the team-play of the home team. Indeed, Harvard had the ball almost all the time, and was continually attacking the goal...
...whole, neither team played a good game, Harvard being careless and slow in passing the ball, and New York making no systematic attack, but confining her attempts to secure a goal at long shots from the middle of the field. The teams were made up as follows...
...Drake, Goal, H. Matthews...
...ball was placed in the centre of the field at quarter-past five, and almost immediately a sharp attack upon the Cambridge goal began. Several unsuccessful "tries" were made, but so well did the defense of Cambridge play that a goal was not scored until after twenty minutes of hard play. The second goal was made by Harvard in less than two minutes. Both teams played hard and well for the remainder of the first half, but only one more goal was scored, and that was made by Blodgett for Harvard. After a rest of five minutes play was resumed...