Word: windings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second inning showed some improvement in the play of the Harvard eleven, and with the advantage of the light wind they kept the ball at Wesleyan's end of the grounds. Nothing was gained by either side, for when Harvard got the ball near the Wesleyan goal line Harvard could not force it through and lost the ball. Willard distinguished himself by remarkable fine catching throughout the game and by good low kicking. Peabody's tackling was of the best, he tackling two men in succession when they had passed all others. Kimball made some good kicks and several good...
...weather on Saturday was rather cold and blustering for the men who went to see the foot ball game on the Union grounds and a strong wind favored one side and hindered the other. The Techs had the first kick-off and the ball was put in play at 3.16 P. M. They succeeded by a quick rally in carrying the ball some distance towards the Harvard goal, but then lost it. The man who next got it was Bemis, who made a beautiful rush and worked the ball close up to the other end of the field. Kent tried...
...second half was shortened to 30 minutes on account of the approaching darkness. The wind was with Harvard and what was better was very strong. Bemis made a very fine rush and a touchdown was made from which kent kicked a goal. Phinney made another touchdown from which Peabody kicked the goal. The Tech men were unable to make any headway and each time the ball was kicked off in the centre it immediately went towards their goal. Bemis again rested the ball over the line and was tackled by Pratt and Bartlett who held him up so that...
...ball was faced for the second time with the wind in Harvard's favor. The ball went back and forth until it grew dusk without either side making anything. A few minutes before time was called Cambridge scored the third goal, immediately after a fourth one. Harvard men claimed that they could not see the ball by this time, but when the first two goals were made there was no excuse for our defense. The work all round by our team showed that the men were out of trim, this not being the season for the game, and the work...
...wind that swept across Holmes Field last Saturday promised anything but good sport in the events to be contested, and kept the 200 spectators, among whom were a few ladies, in anything but a comfortable condition. At 2.45 the first event was called This was the first heat...