Word: sided
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...play was not allowed, however, on the ground that some of the rushers were ahead of the ball when Sears touched it with his foot. Wesleyan lost five yards by a good tackle of Crosby's, and the ball went to Harvard on four downs. After punting by both sides, Harvard finally got the ball near the centre of the field, and Lee, carrying it forty yards, made a touchdown. Time, 15 minutes. Harding kicked a goal, making the score 20-0. Wesleyan kicked from the centre of the field and Harvard had the ball down on its forty-yard...
...when V. Harding got it from a kick. The ball returned to Wesleyan for foul playing, but was fumbled and Lee by a good drop secured it. Porter and Sears advanced it to the ten-yard line where the latter lost it. Wesleyan, after getting five yards for off side playing, kicked; Porter returned and Davis got the ball. Sears, V. Harding and Porter advanced it to the five-yard line where it went to Wesleyan for foul holding. Wesleyan advanced the ball to the twenty-five yard line where Harvard getting it, forced it by rushes of Trafford...
...team as a whole tackled better Saturday than they have been doing, although almost all, and particularly Davis and Crosby, still tackle high. The rush line work and tackling of Cumnock deserve commendation, although he is careless about off-side playing. G. Harding, also, is too apt to play off-side. The rushers, notably Cranston, are still careless about foul holding. The work of the backs was good; in spite of the slippery condition of the ball, they fumbled very little...
...wishes on college discipline before, they would never have made the silly suggestions of a week or so ago. Overseers and students rarely see the same question in the same light; and an exchange and comparison of views cannot help clearing hazy and perhaps fallacious ideas on each side. We should strongly urge that hereafter the overseers consult some representative student committee before attempting to introduce any radical change in college government, however wise such a step may seem to them...
...great revolution in football occurred in 1880 when the present Rugby game was introduced and the players reduced to eleven on each side. Since that change, football has taken the foremost place in college sports and is now the most popular and scientific game played. Some years afterwards the "blocking" system of play was introduced by Princeton. The championship was won by Yale for several years, Princeton following closely. In 1884 the contest between Yale and Princeton was a draw and the championship was not awarded. Princeton won in 1885 by a remarkable run of Lamar's, which turned...