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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Second half.- Corbin passed to 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...
...Saxe kicked a goal. Score, 6-0. Holden followed shortly with another touchdown, but in the try for the goal the ball hit the bar and Harvard secured the ball again. Nichols passed to Porter and he carried the sphere over goal. Score. 16-0. Harding made the next touch down. Goal. Harding made his third, but no goal was kicked. Butler soon got the ball and scored. Goal. The ball was brought out, but only for a moment, for Woodman carried it back. No goal. Score. 36-0. Both sides indulged in some kicking, but Tufts saw that...
...forced again into the Tech territory when Nichols was hurt in the leg. Clement took his place. Brainard now got into a fight with Ladd and was disqualified. Smith look his place. By some means Macaullay got the ball and had a clear field. He made the second touch down for Tech. Time was called before a goal was attempted. Score-10-4 in favor of Tech...
...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 in the side line. Saxe tries a good from the field, but Cranston stopped the ball. Harvard secures it and passes...
...Eastern Intercollegiate Foot-Ball Association met in Springfield last Wednesday and adopted the following new rules: After four downs without an advance of five yards the ball must be placed back twenty yards instead of ten yards, as before. A touch down will be made this year at the point the ball crosses the line. It was thought inexpedient to have two referees instead...