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...bewitching twirl of whose moustache were especially admired by the ladies, took the ball and ran gracefully towards his opponents' goal. He had not gone far when a Harvard man gently laid his hand upon his shoulder and begged him to stop. Thereupon the sides lined up. The quarter-back passed the ball to the half-back, who kicked it with such ravishing grace that it excited the admiration of every spectator. In endeavoring to secure the ball, a Harvard man accidentally bumped into a Yale man, upon perceiving which the referee called time. Each man begged the other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 11/27/1885 | See Source »

...Peters, who gained the ball, and by shrewd handling worked it well toward Princeton's 25-yard line. Here it was forced over the line, and Referee Camp announced a touch in goal. It was immediately kicked out by Princeton, but only to fall into the hands of quarter-back Beecher of the Yale team, who made a strong run with it toward the Princeton goal line, but was tackled powerfully. Fnally, R. Hodge of Princeton sent it down the field beyond the reach of Yale's full-back. Had not Lamar slipped in his attempt to seize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale-Princeton Game. | 11/23/1885 | See Source »

...teams were: Yale - Rushers, Wallace, Carter, Lux, Peters, Woodruff, Hamlin and Corwin; quarter-back, Beecher; half-backs, Watkinson and Bull; full-back, Burke. Princeton - Rushers, H. Hodge, Irvine, Cowan, Decamp, Cook and Harris; quarterback, R. Hodge, half backs, Toler and Lamar; full-back, Savage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale-Princeton Game. | 11/23/1885 | See Source »

...teams were made up as follows: '86, rushers, Burnett, Churchill, Vogel, Dewey. Harris, Woodbury, Adams; quarter-back, Kimball, (captain); half-backs. Fisk, Austin; full-back, Rankin. '87, rushers, Faulkner, Bowen, Burgess, Brooks. (captain) Keyes, Bartol, Fiske; quarter-back, Fletcher; half-backs, Peabody, Wiestling; full-back, Meeks. Referee, Mr. A. F. Holden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 11/19/1885 | See Source »

Fletcher. quarter-back Noble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '87-'88 Foot-Ball Game. | 11/17/1885 | See Source »

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