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...closed in behind and was passed the ball and then the whole mass of men rushed forward, as it were, from a flying start. The momentum was tremendous and the wedge went through the Yale men for twenty yards before they could stop it. It was one of the prettiest plays of the afternoon and was worked successfully once more during the game...
Harvard's Good Brace.On the next down, however. Trafford broke through and snatched the ball. Gray went seven yards between Winter and Hinkey, and Brewer added two more through the centre. It was here that Upton made his run of 20 yards, the prettiest of Harvard's interference plays, and was at the end of that run that as he was lying on the ground that one of the Yale guards took the opportunity to land with both his knees on the Harvard tackle's head. Gray followed up Upton's gain with 2 yards, and Lake, in two rushes...
...ninth and one out Tenney knocked a high foul to Mason who cleverly caught it notwithstanding the attempts of the crowd back of Brown's bench, to rattle him by yelling. Frothingham's backward catch for the third out of Sexton's long drive to right field was the prettiest play of the game...
...bicycle race was one of the prettiest races of the afternoon. Fenner, of Worcester Academy, who held the record in this event, failed even to get a place. A. B. Holmes, Hopkinson's, won after making a fine spurt on the last lap, in 2 minutes, 54 2-5 seconds, breaking the previous record of 3 minutes, 1 2-5 seconds. Walker, C. H. S., pressed him hard for second place, with Wheelock Dalzell third...
Three heats were run in the two hundred and twenty yards dash, with five starters in the first and four, in the other two. This was one of the prettiest events of the afternoon. In the first heat, C. N. Smith, B and N., took the lead at the start and finished first, with S. M. Lane second. C. Brewer, Hopkinson's, lead the entire way in the second heat and finished first, looking at the second man, M. Grass, W. H. S. F. H. Bigelow, W. H. S., took third easily. The final heat was won by C. Brewer...