Word: slipperyness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard played a very fine game. Sears especially distinguished himself, kicking well and rushing superbly. Porter did good work, Cumnock played his usual fine game. Crosby and Lee played hard and well. The score made by the team is very creditable since the ground was very wet and slippery, and...
The 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...
The second eleven played Exeter yesterday afternoon at Exeter. The grounds were muddy and slippery, as it had rained hard all the morning.
The Harvard eleven defeated the Williams team yesterday by a score of 14 to 6. The field was in the worst possible condition, being so muday and slippery that good playing was impossible for the Harvard team. The Williams men were evidently used to playing in mud, for the condition...
Nearly all the Williams rushers held with their arms, but the umpire did not rule their playing foul. This was a heavy disadvantage for the Harvard men, who blocked only with their bodies, according to rule. The Harvard rushers did not get through the Williams rush line at all. This...