Word: play
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University football team will play the University of Maine in the Stadium this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Maine team is considerably lighter than the Harvard team but is fast and has not been scored on in any of its games this season. Three games have been played; the Massachusetts Agricultural College held Maine to a 0 to 0 tie, but Fort McKinley was defeated 6 to 0, and New Hampshire State College 16 to 0. Last year the University team won a 16 to 0 victory over Maine in the second game of the season...
...first game of the season is emphasized for the Freshman football team by the fact that today's game marks also the beginning of four years of class activity, in which athletics will have first place. Every class wishes to be represented by winning teams, able always to play the game a little better than their opponents. It is an ideal worth striving for, but it demands self-sacrifice from the class as individuals in the support of teams by which the class as a whole is represented...
Entries for the fall chess tournament will close this evening at 6 o'clock. They may be made at the Union or at Leavitt & Peirce's. No entry fee will be charged. According to the playing in this tournament, ten men will be chosen to make a team to play against Yale later this fall...
...opening of the scrimmage the second team was given the ball on the first team's 30-yard line. No downs were kept and the second team was told to score. A series of forward passes was tried, several with fair success. After about ten plays Johnson, who was playing quarterback on the second, caught a forward pass and ran for a touchdown, but the play was declared illegal. The first team was then given a chance to carry the ball. The teamwork was better than on the day before, which enabled Long to score after a series of line...
...Haven, Conn., October 14, 1909.--A twenty-five minute scrimmage between the university and second teams was held today. Captain Coy did the punting for the second team but did not play in the scrimmage. Francis was tried out at halfback, and Brooks at end. Cooney played centre on the university team. Merritt, quarterback on the second, ran his team well, and showed excellent judgment in his choice of plays. Logan, Deming, Philbin and Hyde did not enter the scrimmage. The regular coaching staff was augmented by McCormick, Stillman and Glass...