Word: grounde
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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PARK THEATRE.- "A Hole in the Ground...
...Harvard eleven played the Wesleyan team at Middletown, Saturday, and defeated it by a score of 34-0. The day was fine for football, there being but little wind; but the ground was muddy and slippery from the recent rains. The teams were made up as follows...
There was a noticeable improvement in the playing of the team since the game of Wednesday, particularly in breaking through and dropping on the ball. The tackling and holding are still the weak points. The tacks were unable to rush well on account of the slippery ground; all, however, punted well. The best work in the rush line was done by Cranston, Davis and Cumnock. Slayback punted and tackled well for Wesleyan. Mr. Landon refereed the game. Harding was umpire in the first half; Beattys, Wesleyan, '85, the second, which, fortunately for Harvard, lasted only 20 minutes...
...first creditable showing made by the 'varsity eleven this season was in the game with Wesleyan last Saturday. Few, excepting those on the football ground, knew under what adverse circumstances the team was forced to contend. The treatment received by the eleven at the hands of the Wesleyan students was shameful. A detailed account of the game and the incidents attendant upon it will be found in another column...
PARK THEATRE.- "A Hole in the Ground...