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...thirty-yard line. Harvey tried to run, and was tackled by Goldthwaite. Yale had the ball down, but Nichols broke through and secured it. Crane gained forty yards by a kick, but the ball went outside and Yale got it. Bride kicked and Cumnock got the ball. Then Weld punted over and Yale made a fair catch. Harvard got the ball and good rushes were made by Clark and Goldthwaite, but a foul gave it to Yale. Harvey, Yale's halfback, fumbled, and Goldthwaite dropped on the ball. For five minutes Harvard had the ball at Yale's ten-yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAH! RAH! RAH! '91. | 11/28/1887 | See Source »

...George passed the ball back to Hancock, rushers formed a V, and Princeton gained ten yards. Cowan-great, heavy Cowan- on whom Princeton relies so much, broke through the line and gained five yards by sheer brute force. Then Ames tried and gained nothing. Ames then ran around Pratt's end and made five yards, but on the next down little Beecher squirmed through and got the ball. On a fumble by half-back, Yale lost ten yards and had a down on her fifteen-yard line. Bull kicked a sky-scooper and Pratt and Wallace launched themselves like pile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Again Succumbs. | 11/21/1887 | See Source »

...Woodruff, who gained fifteen yards. Gill then gained five yards and a kick gave Princeton the ball on the five-yard line. Cowan kept up his good work and gained ten yards in two runs. Ames described a beautiful parabolic curve from one touch line to the other, but failed to advance. All this time the rain had been falling in sheets and fumbling and slipping were frequent. Price. by the way, failed to turn up in second half, and his brother took his place. Yale finally got the ball on Princeton's ten-yard line, and Graves helped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Again Succumbs. | 11/21/1887 | See Source »

...started the game with a short run. Butler followed with another. Holden tried a run and carried the ball up to Princeton's twenty yard line. Harvard was unable to force the ball over and Princeton had the ball on four downs. Ames kicked. Holden ran back to the ten-yard line. Ball went to Princeton on fumble. Cowan was put off just before this for tackling Holden by the ankles. Chapin took his place. On four downs Harvard took the ball, and Piper and Boyden made runs close to Princeton's line. On a kick of Ames, Boyden brought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY! | 11/14/1887 | See Source »

...good tackle of Manchester when the ball comes out. On four downs, Harvard takes the ball. Sears scores. No goal. Trafford catches it on the fly and touches it to the ground. Score 36-0. Cumnock gets the ball on muff of half-back. Sears carries it to ten-yard line. Wesleyan makes a safety. Score 38-0. Cumnock gets ball again on fumble, and Sears touches ball down behind posts. Score 44-0. 3.14 o'clock. Harvard has the ball on four downs. Woodman and Porter advance the ball. Holden scores. Goal; 50-0. Cumnock makes a good tackle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 11/7/1887 | See Source »

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