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...number of safety touch-downs will probably be much increased this year; for it does not seem likely that the ball will remain in the middle of the field for any considerable length of time after the kick-off, now that the block-game is done away with, and manoeuvering near the goal lines of course gives one side a decided advantage. On the whole, the association is to be congratulated for their success in removing the most objectionable features in last year's games...
...night. Few of us now at College can conceive of the enthusiasm which attended a rush. The fence enclosing the Delta was packed with Juniors and Seniors, while the road was literally thronged with lookers-on. The classes now stand front to front, the word is given for the kick-off (first blow), then the struggle has begun. The Freshmen's head man, with his backers, throws himself into the heart of the Sophs, and is knocked down without the least ceremony. The indignant class rush forward to avenge their leader. Then one was deafened by the cries, - "At them...
...football match of the season was played on the Manhattan Polo Grounds, in New York, Saturday last, with Columbia. Two of Harvard's regular Team, Houston and Manning, were unable to play, Foster and Boyd taking their places. Harvard won the toss, and took the wind, giving Columbia the kick-off. In a minute, the ball was driven down to Columbia's goal, and it was evident that Harvard was to play an aggressive and, unless some accident intervened, a successful game. But though our opponents were plainly overmatched, they defended themselves so successfully, that for some time no advantage...
...opportunity before of judging our chances in future games. The game was called at half-past three, with Mr. F. E. Cabot, '80, umpire for Harvard, Mr. McGibbon umpire for Britannia, and Mr. Cushing, '79, referee. Harvard won the toss and took the wind, giving Britannia the kick-off. During the whole first three-quarters the ball was kept close upon Britannia's goal, and they were forced to touch back for safety several times. Within a few minutes from the beginning of play, Smith kicked a goal from the field; and again, before the end of the first three...
LAST Tuesday the Freshman Foot-Ball team went out to Quincy to play a match with the team of the Adams Academy. Crehore won the toss for '82, and took the wind, giving Adams the kick-off. The ball was started about 3-20 by Woodward, but was soon sent back towards Adams's goal, where most of the play took place for some time. The Quincy boys then made a brace, but Leatherbee made a good rush for '82, and in a few minutes a touch-down was scored by Warren. The ball was then brought...