Word: line
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made great preparations to observe the total eclipse of the sun on Jan. 1. 1889, and for that purpose has already sent a great deal of apparatus to California. The eclipse will be visible no further east than New York state, and there only at sunset, but the line of the centre of the eclipse will pass just to the north of San Francisco...
...Harvard team played a sharp steady game from the beginning and its superiority to the Yale eleven was soon plainly evident. It forced the fighting throughout the contest and Yale was unable either to stop the rushes of the Harvard backs or force the ball through its rush line. The following men composed the teams...
...Yale with the ball, Harvard in the west end of the field favored by a light wind. Yale used the V trick but gained only four yards, kicked. Harvard getting the ball forced it up the field by rushes of Newell, Wadsworth and Lee to Yale's five-yard line when it went to Yale on a foul. Yale made a short punt and Wadsworth by a sharp run caught the ball on the twenty-yard line, when it again went to Yale on four downs. Sharp work by Cranston and Curtis forced Yale back and she was again compelled...
Play for the second half was called at 3.45, Harvard with the ball. The rushers made a V and Harding gained ten yards. Lee, Dennison and Wadsworth carried the ball to the eight-yard line where it went to Yale on four downs. Yale kicked and Dennison getting the ball by a good run carried it to the five-yard line and Newell made a touchdown five minutes after play was called. No goal. At this point Crosby took McClung's place. Newell stopped Hefflefinger's rush from the twenty-five-yard line and Yale kicked. Lee caught the ball...
...after a few minutes' rest, took his place again. Slayback made a rush for Wesleyan but lost the ball. Hill tried to punt but the kick was blocked and Wesleyan got the ball. By several rushes Wesleyan gain forty yards. McDonald now punted to Pennsylvania's thirty-yard line. Pennsylvania got the ball, and rushes by Hulmes and Colladay carried it to Wesleyan's twenty-five-yard line. Another rush by Colladay gained 10 yards. The ball went to Wesleyan on four downs. Slayback fumbled and Cash and Zeigler carried the ball in goal, making the first touchdown for Pennsylvania...