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...yard line the ball was passed to Harding, who muffed it. Wesleyan got the ball and then started in to do some running, but the ball was lost through four successive downs. Porter kicked and Sears got the ball by running quite a distance. Some fumbling and a short kick by Peabody brought the ball back into our part of the field. A long kick, however, gained a good deal of ground, as Holden threw the half back when he tried to run. Porter then ran the ball to the fifteen yard line, which feat he followed up by kicking...
...catch the ball on the bounce with the result that Sears had to drop on the ball to save it. By hard luck Fletcher passed the ball to the referee instead of to the halfback. Wesleyan's ball. Harding stopped the next rush, and a minute later Holden got through the line and caught the ball. He ran the length of the field making a touch-down, from which Woodman kicked a goal. The ball soon got into Harvard's hands again, and Faulkner made a pretty rush, gaining about twenty-five yards, By a succession of short runs...
During the second half Harvard played rather better, while the Wesleyan backs became a good deal looser in their catching. The ball went down towards Wesleyan's goal, and on a poor kick by one of their half-backs, Holden got the ball and carried it through the whole Wesleyan team, rushers and all, making a touchdown, from which Woodman kicked the goal...
Every Harvard man now made a rush, each one gaining a little, till the ball was carried down to within five yards of the goal line, when Wesleyan got the ball. The half-back to whom the ball was passed for a kick, muffed it, and before he could recover from his surprise, Butler had dropped on the ball, making a touch down. Peabody punted the ball out to Porter and another goal was kicked...
Rushes by Fletcher and by Sears gave us another touchdown. Peabody punted the ball out successfully, but no goal was kicked, although the try was not a bad one. This gave Wesleyan the ball on their 25-yard line. They only kicked it a little way and Fletcher got it. Porter rushed the ball through behind the goal-posts, making the sixth touchdown, from which Woodman kicked the fifth goal...