Word: playing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Springfield on Saturday afternoon Harvard played and lost her last game of the season to Yale by a score of six to nothing. There was a tremendous crowd in attendance, fully twelve thousand people occupying the grand stands and coaches. The Yale supporters predominated, but over a thousand men went down from Cambridge alone, while there was any number of graduates present to cheer for the crimson. It was a magnificently played game throughout by both sides and not until the last few minutes of the play could it be at all definitely decided who were to be the winners...
...requisite gain. He acted as quarterback however, and handed the ball to McBride who in turn passed it to Wurtemburg. He spurted out to one side and, getting around the end, brought the ball very near to Harvard's line. McClung carried it over on the next play. This was just thirty seconds before time was called...
...Harvard Cumnock's play was very fine in tackling. making holes, and blocking. Upton's work was also good while Cranston tackled very strongly. Tilton and P. Trafford dropped on the ball well, and their general play was steady. Stickney was playing a remarkably good game when he was ruled off, and Blanchard who took his place made some strong rushes, but did not block so well. Hutchinson was slow in dropping on the ball, but he made some good tackles although allowing a man to run around his end once or twice. Hallowell who substituted him the second half...
...fifteen yards. Upton rushed without gaining. Lee made eight yards. A mistake in the signals forced Harvard to a second down, and then B. Trafford attempted to kick, but was stopped, losing fifteen yards. On Harvard's third down the ball was given to Yale for off-side play. On Yale's second down Cranston broke through and tackled McBride, recovering the ground lost on McClung's first rush. Wurtemburg fumbled, but Yale was given five yards for Dean's off-side play and saved the ball. Both sides kicked with a loss for Yale. Yale then worked the ball...
...place of Hutchinson whose knee was hurt. Harvard opened the second half in a lively manner gaining twenty-five yards on rushes by Lee and Blanchard. B. Trafford soon kicked McBride returned, and B. Trafford soon kicked again. Morrison fumbled, and Cumnock fell on the ball. Saxe's poor play was followed by Morrison's weak punt. Lee gained ten yards, Saxe three. and on the third down B. Trafford tried to kick a goal from the thirty-five yard line, but failed, owing to the strong head wind...