Word: half
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Harvard defeated the Brown University football team, 6 to 5, last Saturday, in the closest and most exciting game that has been held in the Satdium this fall. The elevens were so evenly matched in the first half that the University team resorted mainly to the old style game, but was unable to break through the Brown line for the required ten yards. Brown tried many end runs with Dennie or Mayhew carrying the ball, but except for the latter's long runs, they were unable to gain consistently. As a result, punting was frequent on both sides...
...real contest came in the second half when Brown had carried the ball down to Harvard's 1-yard line. Here Harvard took a magnificent brace, and five times withstood the attacks of the Brown backs. It was a magnificent bit of defensive work, and had not a University player been offside, thus giving Brown three additional downs, no touchdown would have been scored. With the score 5 to 0 against them, the University eleven put a snap into their play after the next kick-off that was irresistible. They had less than five minutes in which to play...
Crosby, Howland and MacCreadie took the lead at the start and kept it for about half a mile. At this point the men were well bunched. At the two-mile mark the same three men were leading, with Hadden fourth. About a mile further on the first four men were Crosby, Hadden, Dole and Lanier. A quarter of a mile from the finish the order was the same, when Hadden collapsed, bringing Dole, Lanier and MacCreadie up to second, third and fourth places respectively. The six members of the University team who scored, finished in the following order...
...Soldiers Field a public park? If so, what right has the football team to the exclusive use of a part of it? If not, what right of admission have about half of the spectators at dally practice? Soldiers Field is essentially a University athletic fields set aside for the use of members of the University...
...right tackle in place of Oveson, while the latter will play part of the game in Captain Harding's place, as he is not in the best of condition. Peabody, who has hitherto been substitute full back, will start the game at left halfback, Pope being shifted to right half. The line-up: Corbett, l.e. r.e., Soule. Harding, Oveson, l.t. r.t., Bartlett. Dunlap, l.g. r.g., Kelly. Smith, c. c., Sinclair. Blodgett, r.g. l.g., Whity. McKay, r.t. l.t., Hanlon. Crowley, r.e. l.e., Hutchins. Davis, Johnson, q.b. q.b., Greenwood. Peabody, l.h.b. r.h.b., Putnam. Pope, r.h.b. l.h.b., Campbell. Cutler, f.b. f.b., Cortrell...