Word: ran
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ball was again put in play, Holden making his usual good rush. Here the Harvard rushers ran and passed well, but invariably lost the ball when thrown with it. The ball was now at Princeton's end of the field, near the 30-yard line, but Princeton breaks through on Porter, and Harvard loses fifteen yards. Holden gains a little ground, but Porter misses a poor pass, and Princeton gets the ball in the centre of the field. Runs by R. Hodge and Cowan carry it dangerously near Harvard's goal, and Princeton, although losing the ball on a fumble...
...often that even a Harvard graduate may listen at once to after-dinner speeches by President Eliot, President Cleveland, Sir Lyon Playfair, Judge Devens and Mr. Geo. William Curtis. All of these addresses were remarkable for their strength and depth of sentiment. Through all of them there ran a just pride in Harvard's past achievements and a justifiable anticipation of her future capabilities. President Cleveland's speech was especially noticeable for its manliness and straightforwardness. Even though the occasion had not prevented the listeners from being too critical, they could have found no fault with what they heard...
...procession was unusually prompt in getting off, the marshals and committee of arrangements deserving all credit for the smoothness with which things ran. At 8 o'clock the word was given to start, and the march began...
...ball by running quite a distance. Some fumbling and a short kick by Peabody brought the ball back into our part of the field. A long kick, however, gained a good deal of ground, as Holden threw the half back when he tried to run. Porter then ran the ball to the fifteen yard line, which feat he followed up by kicking too far, sending the ball over Wesleyan's line. In the kick-out the ball went way down the field, Peabody muffing it, and it stopped only at our 25 yard line...
...result that Sears had to drop on the ball to save it. By hard luck Fletcher passed the ball to the referee instead of to the halfback. Wesleyan's ball. Harding stopped the next rush, and a minute later Holden got through the line and caught the ball. He ran the length of the field making a touch-down, from which Woodman kicked a goal. The ball soon got into Harvard's hands again, and Faulkner made a pretty rush, gaining about twenty-five yards, By a succession of short runs the ball was forced right down to Wesleyan...