Word: kicked
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yards run, 1000-yards run, 2-mile run, quarter-mile walk, 4-mile walk, 200-yards hurdle race (12 hurdles, 2 ft. 6 in. high), one standing broad jump, three standing broad jumps, running hop, skip and jump, standing high jump, throwing 56-pound weight (thrown for height), kicking foot-ball (place kick), putting 24-pound shot, pole vaulting for distance...
...improvement in team work was apparent. The backs played a strong rushing game, and the rushers blocked and tackled much better than usual. Exeter was obliged to play two substitute half-backs, and to that circumstance may be attributed in part the poor showing Exeter made. Immediately after the kick-off, the freshmen began forcing the ball towards Exeter's line and Brooks soon made a touchdown. No goal. Exeter now got the ball and forced it within a few yards of Harvard's line. They failed to make a touchdown, however, for some time, but at last Bardwell broke...
Time for the second half was called at 3.25 and thirty seconds later Harding, by a good rush, scored a touchdown. Sears kicked the goal. 60-0. Amherst kicked from the middle of the field, and Harvard had the ball down on its thirty-five-yard line. Rushes by Porter, Lee and Cranston carried it to Amherst's three-yard line. Carpenter made a touchdown. Time, 3 minutes. Goal. Cranston getting the ball from a fumble, had it down in the middle of the field. Harding passed well to Porter who, by a good rush, scored the thirteenth touchdown...
Time was called at 2.43. Amherst had the ball and Harvard had the advantage of a light wind. Amherst gained ten yards and then kicked. Sears returned and the ball went to Harvard in the middle of the field on a fumble. Cranston gained ten yards and Porter made a touchdown four minutes after the play was begun. Sears kicked the goal. Porter returned Amherst's kick from the centre of the field and the ball rolled over the line. Porter put the men on side and Crosby dropping on the ball made a touchdown from which Sears kicked...
Time was called at 4.17, Harvard with the ball and Technology playing with a fresh wind in its favor. Harvarding lead off with a rush but did not gain much ground, and Sears kicked. Technology returning Harvard had the ball down in the center of the field. Rushes by Harding, Davis and Cranston advanced the ball 40 yards, and Lee carried it over the line three minutes after play began. Harding kicked a goal. Technology forced the ball to Harvard's 30-yard line when Crosby got the ball from a fumble, and run the entire distance to the Technology...