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Yale defeated Amherst at Amherst Wednesday afternoon. Score, nine goals and one touchdown to nothing...
During the first half Harvard scored 7 touchdowns and 3 goals, one kicked by Keith from a touchdown and 2 by Mason from the field. After the first 4 touchdowns no attempts at goal were made, but punt-outs were substituted, which accounts for the small score of goals. In the second half one goal was kicked by Mason and 12 more touchdowns were made by the rushers, each coming in for a share...
...championship was played Wednesday afternoon, on the Polo Grounds, between Princeton and Columbia. The game was a foregone conclusion, and it only remained to be seen how badly Princeton would beat their opponents. Princeton kicked off, and scored a goal in less than a quarter of an hour. Another touchdown and goal soon followed, and still another. The fourth goal was scored by a kick from the field, making a score of 4 goals and 1 touchdown in the first half. in the second another touchdown was made by Princeton, but no goal. In a few minutes another goal from...
...Adams carried the ball back again, and shortly Andover touched down for safety. After this the playing was very close for some time; Mills and Bradford were both hurt, but pluckily played on. In the last few minutes, through very strong play of the whole eleven, Meacham made a touchdown for Andover right back of the Harvard goal. From this touchdown a goal was scored, and the Phillipians made happy. The freshmen then made desperate efforts to score but time was called with the ball only slightly inclined towards the Andover end. The playing of the freshmen was individually good...
...Andover team in foot-ball last Saturday by one goal for Yale kicked from the field, to one from Andover gained by a drop kick. The game was awarded to the freshmen, in accordance with the rule that, "in case of a tie, a goal kicked from a touchdown shall take precedence over touchdowns, or a goal otherwise kicked." Next Saturday the Harvard freshmen will play at Andover. The result of the game will be looked forward to with considerable interest, as, in a measure, indicative of the strength of Harvard's freshman team as compared with Yale's. After...