Word: offs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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The games in the chess tournament have now been reduced to the finals, which will soon be played off by the following men: E. E. Southard 1M., F. E. Thayer '99, J. Hewins, Jr., '98, P. W. Long '98, and H. V. Poor 1901.
...backs to start before the ball was put in play. This weakness, which may have been partly due to the absence of the regular quarter, delayed the play and probably reduced the final score. Hallowell played a good game at quarter, running especially well on the kick-offs, but he relied too much upon the centre plays during the first half. Though Pennsylvania's centre was very weak, the tackle and guard plays did not gain so much as did the end plays in the second half. In this half assisted by the strong west wind Harvard should have made...
On the kick-off, Harvard's interference was a little slow in forming and the runners either ran alone or out-ran what little interference there was. Reid out-classed Willing at punting, often gaining 20 and 30 yards in the return of punts. In kicking Harvard's line held...
Boston College team was repeatedly penalized for off-side playing, loosing the ball in this way near the end of the first half when on the two yard line. The Law School played very little of a team game, although Campbell, J. Moore, Hannavan and Hester did good work. Boston...
The 'Varsity, composed chiefly of substitutes, lined up for a couple of lively halves with the second in which the play, though marked by occasional streaks of brilliant work, was as a whole slow and discouraging. The plays were run off poorly, there was a confusion of signals, and the...