Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Towards the end of the first half, Harvard carried the ball nearly the entire length of the field for a touchdown. Pierce scored from the 10-yard line and Frothingham kicked the goal. Yale showed decided improvement at the beginning of the second half. They advanced the ball forty yards by straight rushing, in which Messenger made the greatest gains. This was followed by an exchange of punts. Yale took the ball again near the middle of the field and rushed it to Harvard's 20-yard line. A place kick was tried, but Smith who held the ball fumbled...
Harvard came near scoring at the very start of the game, when after an exchange of kicks Corbett carried the ball to the 9-yard line. Two line plunges netted only four yards, and Cutler tried a forward pass which went to Dartmouth for a touchback. Dartmouth's only chance to score came at the end of the same half. An onside kick from Harvard's 46-yard line was recovered on the 24-yard line. Sherwin went back to try a drop kick but the ball fell short, and Browne ran it back to the 28-yard line...
...race started near the corner of Boylston street and Dunster road, the course running parallel to Boylston street towards Hammond's pond. At the car station it circled to the left into Woodland road, the one-mile mark being near the crossing of Woodland road and Heath street. At this point the men were still close together, the order of the leaders being, Spitzer, Lightner, Whitney, Wood, Haskell, Mann, Vilas, and Jaques. From there the course went through the woods to the right of the road until it reached the Warren farm, where it turned to the left, crossing...
...course will be 6 miles long, extending twice around the 3-mile Chestnut Hill course which starts and finishes near the corner of Boylston street and Dunster road, Chestnut Hill. From this point spectators may obtain a good view of the start, 3-mile mark, and finish...
...University shooting team was defeated by Yale, at the traps on Yale Field, Saturday afternoon, by a score 224 to 223 out of a possible 250. Both teams did remarkably well considering the strong wind, and came near the intercollegiate record of 225. The best individual score was made by J. R. Gilman '09, who hit 49 clay pigeons out of a possible 50, while F. Trudeau, of Yale, scored 48. The summary follows: HARVARD. YALE. Gilman, 49 Trudeau, 48 Brewer, 45 Hebard, 46 Higginson 44 Thaw, 46 Morse 43 Dickey, 42 Hauthaway, 42 Morrison...