Word: sphere
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Kimball repeats his short run after the ball is put in play and Roland makes a try but the ball goes to Harvard on the fourth down once more. Harding makes a wretched pass to Saxe and Harvard loses ground. Wood carries the sphere back and with the aid of Porter and Appleton gets to the 20-yard line. Saxe takes the ball over and twenty-four minutes after the play began makes the fourth touchdown, but does not succeed in kicking a goal. Score...
...delayed, as Morrison, Exeter's half-back and brother to Yale's half-back is slightly injured and Van Inwagan takes his place. Knowles, a substitute, goes to end rush. Holden and Harding make good runs. but the ball goes to Exeter on four downs. Exeter kicks the sphere and Wood secures it and brings it within forty yards of the Exeter line. Harding carries the ball over, securing the fourth touch-down. A goal was kicked. Wood made the next run after the ball was kicked off. Porter and Sears followed, but the latter was neatly tackled by Frazer...
...Sears followed. Saxe fumbled and Van In wagan secures the ball. Holden takes the sphere along several yards, and Hunt gets the ball and Holden carries it to within 10 yards of Exeter's line. Butler carries it over, making the score 58-0. No goal. Porter makes a good run, but Kales throws him hard and Harvard loses the ball. Saxe secures it again from a kick by McClung and runs a few yards. Holden carries it well up to Exeter goal but loses the ball on the fonrth down. Exeter kicks the ball out and Porter makes...
...took the ball, leaving the choice of field to the home team. At 3. 15 game was called with Harvard in possession of the ball at the south end of the grounds. Morse dribbled to Harding, after a short run passed to Porter, who in his turn gave the sphere to Higginson, who was, however, soon downed. Soon after this Holden made a run of thirty yards which brought him to the Tuft's five yard line. Three minutes after the kick off Wood crossed the line and secured the first touchdown for Harvard. Harding failed to kick a goal...
...year, but simply because they managed to get several of those cabalistic signs-or hieroglyphics-which well-educated English speaking people call D. Many of these ill-fated youths even managed to get an occasional A or B, and yet they were mercilessly, ruthlessly, ignominiously lowered from their rightful sphere...