Word: lose
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Saturday for the first time in five years, Exeter defeated Andover in the annual football game. The frequent scoring of both teams made the game a very interesting one to watch, although at no time did Exeter lose the lead. The playing of both teams was especially good, but Exeter showed throughout greater steadiness and better team work, Andover depending, largely for her gains on brilliant individual rushes. In point of weight, too, Andover was clearly overmatched. They found the V which Exeter formed by taking back her ends and tackles almost irresistible. Twombly, Exeter's centre, was much...
...rest of the pack being well up. The hares arrived thirteen minutes ahead of the hounds, having six minutes to spare. A new set of rules governing these runs has been made out and it will be noted that the hares receive no prizes, whether they win or lose. Thus there will be no incentive to lay a poor trail...
There was no more scoring in the first half, but in the second B. A. A. took the ball and did not lose it again till Peters scored a touch-down. Goal; score...
...ball down to the thirty-yard line, by good tricks, the criss-cross giving them 25 yards at one gain. Duffield was disqualified here, and Robb took his place. At the thirty-yard line the seniors again braced up, started a long series of gains, and did not lose the ball again till Parker scored a touch-down from which Ellsworth kicked a difficult goal. Score...
...game, some times doing really good work but the next moment showing that it is impossible to depend upon them. Their chief faults are, in the line, a tendency to "scrap" so much that they become unsteady on their feet, are easily blocked off, cannot block-off themselves and lose sight of the ball. The guards especially seem to think that they are on the field chiefly to maul all the men opposite them. The chief faults of the backs are, first, a tendency to get separated when running, so that all interference is lost, and, second, weakness in defensive...