Word: touch-down
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...catch or kick the ball, In the second half the ball was gradually worked to the Harvard end of the field. Peabody tried to make a fair catch close to the goal post, but a Penn, man got the ball, touched behind the line and was granted a touch-down, the only score made during the game. The ball was not kicked between the posts and after it was brought out Harvard rushed it to the other end of the field and kept it there for the few minutes which remained...
...Wednesday the Princeton eleven, minus several of its regular players. played Stevens Institute at Hoboken. The game was very even, the only score which was made being a touch-down secured by Princeton. Several times the ball was touched in goal at either end of the field. Baker, one of Princeton's half backs, had his nose broken, which will disable him for a short time...
Morgan kicked off for Columbia at 3 o'clock, and after a little scrimmaging and tackling, Peters made a touch-down, Terry following with the first goal for Yale inside of two minutes. In six minutes he sent in another from the field. Some fine running and dodging b Farewell soon added another for the dark blues. One or two New Haven men made an attempt at a "Rah, Rah !" but it sounded so lonesome that the attempt was not repeated during the rest of the afternoon. A pretty play by Robinson and Farewell, of the Yale team, won applause...
...well down when time was called for the second half, and the half frozen spectators sought shelter in their coat-collars. After a few scrimmages and some bad fumbling, on both sides, Terry kicked in a goal from the field for Yale. A good stop and touch-down by Peters gave them another. The Columbia men worked together in better style in this half, and made several fine plays; but a Yale man was always on hand to prevent their reaching the goal. The New Haveners had to fight hard for the third goal, but the fourth, fifth and sixth...
...afternoon for their foot-ball match with Amherst Saturday, and though the game as a whole was not particularly exciting, still a number of quite brilliant plays from time to time made it interesting for a while. Amherst kicked off at 2.40, and in three minutes Harvard scored a touch-down through Wesselhoeft from which Mason kicked a goal. During the rest of the three quarters the ball was on Amherst's territory most of the time, and three or four times Harvard narrowly missed scoring, but nothing was gained by either side. In the second three quarters Amherst started...