Word: wesleyans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Play began at 2.40 with Harvard at west end of the field. Wesleyan had the ball and the wind was strong against them. Wesleyan starts to run, but our rushers get through and force the ball back. Sears soon gets the ball and makes the first touchdown in three minutes. No goal. Score 4-0. Butler tackled the half-back, and when the other back tried to kick, Piper stops it and the ball is two feet from Wesleyan line. Manchester ran the ball out ten yards. Porter gets a touchdown on a bad pass. Goal; 1000. Harvard forces Manchester...
...ball. Holden fumbles, and Trafford downs it. Piper makes splendid run up to fifteen-yard line. Harvard loses on fumble, but gets ball again. Sears makes a touchdown; 64-0. Cumnock makes another brilliant play, scoring from try at goal. Score, 70-0, as Holden kicks a goal. Wesleyan kicks ball and Sears brings it out from Harvard's twenty-yard line. Holden runs to Wesleyan's twenty-yard line. Piper knocks off about five rushers and gets touchdown. Goal; 76-0. Holden runs to twenty-yard line. Porter carries it over. Goal; 82-0. Beattys hurt in nose...
...Wesleyan, Beattys, the captain and quarter-back, Manchester and Slayback, did good work. As to Harvard, the whole team should have the credit of playing good foot-ball. If the men continue to do conscientious work, there is no reason why we should not have a fair chance to beat Yale and Princeton...
...Wesleyan-Rushers, Floy, Glen, Heath, Wells, Eaton, Richards and McDonald; quarter-back, Beattys; half-backs, Manchester and Hamlin; full-back, Slayback...
Some one yelled "Rats!" at the game with Wesleyan, Saturday. We have advocated a change to a rational spirit of earnestness in college matters, but we never intended to encourage any one to commit such a breach of etiquette, as that outburst unmistakably...