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Word: points (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made a rush around the end. An interference on the part of Yale gave Harvard the ball and Porter gained some ground. Sears made a short run and Butler carried the ball twenty yards further up the field before being forced outside. Porter gained five yards more. At this point in the game, Graves, '88, one of the Yale halfbacks, hurt his leg, and his place was taken by Wurtemburg. The ball went to Yale and Gill made his usual plunge through the rush line, but failed to gain ground. Bull kicked to Sears, who made a good rush. Corbin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Wins the Championship. | 11/26/1887 | See Source »

...seven yards more. Cowan could not push forward enough and Ames missed his kick right behind his own goal. The air was blue with Yale men dropping on the ball, and thus Yale scored her second touchdown. Princeton gained a few yards on her V trick, and at this point Carter was ruled off for foul tackling. Brooks took his place and did very good work. His white jacket was easily distinguished from the mud and water-soaked, others-for about two minutes Yale still forced the fighting and kept the ball on Princeton's ground. Both sides did considerable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Again Succumbs. | 11/21/1887 | See Source »

...ahead fifteen yards. Trafford and Boyden took the ball, but made little headway. Ames ran the ball out, but in a few moments Harvard had it again and Woodman ran and was downed within fifteen yards of Princeton's goal, when time was called, neither side having scored a point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY! | 11/14/1887 | See Source »

...lost the ball, but Ames did not gain ground. Harvard had the ball again. Porter and Saxe ran to Princeton's 10-yard line. Porter went through the line and made a touchdown, but the umpire claimed that there was holding in our line, and did not allow the point. The ball went to Princeton again on four downs. Porter was slightly hurt in the wrist but pluckily went on playing. Harvard got the ball and Porter made the first touchdown just behind the goal. Saxe kicked a beautiful goal amidst the cheers and shouts of 7,000 spectators. Price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY! | 11/14/1887 | See Source »

...Bergen Point Athletic Club has been reorganized under the title of the New Jersey Athletic Club of the City of Bayonne. A tract of land on Bergen Point has been purchased, and a club-house, boat-house and quartermile cinder track will be constructed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/12/1887 | See Source »

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