Word: seconded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston Athletic Association foot ball team has played eight games this fall winning four, losing two and tying two. The team was defeated by the St. Marks School eleven, and by the Harvard second eleven. It defeated Roxbury Latin, Brown University, Harvard '93 and Technology, and tied West Roxbury and Trinity College, B. A. A. scored 88 points to their opponents' 41. The record is a good one considering the fact that the men are in business and have had very little time for practice. The success is in a large measure due to the exertions of Captain Peters. Next...
...game was an interesting one to watch. Harvard played a rushing and Yale a kicking game. During the second half when the Yale team had the wind at its back, their kicking tactics were very successful and kept Harvard on the defensive a considerable part of the time. But in the game as a whole the Harvard eleven easily demonstrated its superiority to the New Haven team. The rush line work of the freshmen, especially during the first half, was excellent. The whole line played steadily, and Hallowell, Upton and Ellsworth aroused enthusiasm again and again by their brilliant work...
...Yale, Wallis and Waring did the best work in the line. Bliss, Owsley and Hamlin all played well back of the line. Owsley's long, low punts in the second half were very effective. The game began at 2.09 o'clock. The teams lined up as follows...
...minutes later Upton carried the ball across the line for a touchdown. No goal, Score 6-0. Harvard was now playing with great spirit. Upton, Fearing and Frothingham make great gains, and at 2.58. Trafford slipped through a good hole between Davis and Upton and scored the second touchdown. Goal. Score Harvard 12, Yale 0. Only a few minutes remained and neither team did any remarkable work during that time...
...second half began at 3.15, Harvard having the ball. Kendricken gained ten yards. Trafford punted well, and Dibblee's beautiful tackle forced Bliss to have the ball down on Yale's five yard line. Owsley's excellent kicking averted the danger from Yale's goal for a short time, but Frothingham and Fearing soon brought the ball back again into dangerous proximity to Yale's goal. Davis was doing good work in the line at this time. Often he broke through and prevented Yale's backs from making any gain. The ball was now on Yale's twenty yard line...