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Harvard, '87, defeated Exeter at Exeter yesterday in the presence of about 300 spectators, by a score of two goals and one touchdown to two touchdowns. Exeter had the kick-off. Harvard played bossily during the first three-quarters. However the freshmen threatened Exeter's goal for some minutes, by the hard playing of the school eleven the ball was driven back. Finally Holden secured the ball and by a long and brilliant run,-the feature of the game,-scored a touchdown for Exeter. The ball was brought in but the attempt to kick a goal was a failure. After...
...kicked off, and by a pretty manxuvre forced the ball immediately to our 25 yard line. Here for some time the struggle was very exciting, but gradually Harvard drove her opponents up the field in spite of the skillful and very tricky work of the Wesleyan team. The first touchdown was made after a very pretty run by Adams and the goal was kicked by Austin. Shortly after the kick-off Wesleyan was forced back and in a scrimmage behind her goal Codman secured the ball and make a touchdown, from which Austin kicked a goal. In the second three...
Several of the decisions of the referee were disputed by one or the other of the teams, and two in particular seemed rather peculiar, one by which Wesleyan scored her touchdown and one by which our men scored through a touch in goal. It seems nearer correct that the score should be two goals to nothing in our favor. Saxe and Beattys played very well for the home team, while Adams and Cabot's running, together with the steady play of Appleton gained the chief advantage for Harvard. Wesleyan has improved rapidly since her former game with us and before...
...game of foot-ball Monday between table 24 of Memorial and a picked eleven resulted in a tie, each side having made a touchdown. The elevens were composed as follows : Picked eleven-rushers, Newhall, Hazard, Bailey, Danielson, Bowen, Root, Goodable ; quarter-back, Holiday ; half-backs, Keith and Hanson ; full-back, Mitchell. Table 24-rushers, Boyden, Foster, Edgerly, Boyden, Colony, Barton, Gorham ; quarter-back, Graham ; half-backs Boyden, Haines ; full-back, Howard...
...Wednesday afternoon at New Brunswick. N. J., Princeton defeated Rutgers by a score of two goals and three touchdowns to three safety touchdowns. The first inning of the game was very closely contested, only one safety touchdown being scored against Rutgers; and it was not until two of their opponents had been injured that Princeton secured any decided advanage...