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...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...
...text of the most important additions and amendments to the foot-ball rules adopted at the recent convention in New York is as follows: "The referee shall call the game when he considers it too dark to continue play. Four touch-downs shall take precedence over a goal kicked from the field. The decision of whether a side has made five or lost ten yards shall be left to the discretion of the referee. The referee shall disqualify a player whom he has twice warned for violation of the rule relating to tripping and foul tackling...
Although "Rugby" is comparatively a new game at Dartmouth, the home team easily defeated the McGill University team of Montreal yesterday afternoon. The score was one goal and one touch-down to nothing. Dartmouth has hitherto played with 11 and McGill 15, but compromise was made on 13, players...
...Varsity Eleven met the McGill College Eleven on Holmes field yesterday, and easily defeated them. The weather was very favorable and the game at times quite lively. In the first three quarters Codman and Appleton secured touch-downs for Harvard, but no goals were kicked from them. Hammond also got over the line but a touchdown was not allowed under the McGill rules. In the second half no touchdowns were secured on either side, but Mason succeeding in kicking two goals from the field, completing the score. McGill was completely out-played in every point, and the ball...
...freshmen defeated the Roxbury foot-ball team Saturday. Neither side succeeded in making any touch-downs, but the freshmen won the game by two beautifully kicked goals from the field...