Word: yards
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Play began at half-past three Andover having the ball, and the lively work of the Phillips team completely dazed the freshmen. Stone began the game with a rush of twenty yards; Cochrane carried the ball fifteen yards farther towards Harvard's goal; Bliss ran around the end to the five yard line, and on the next scrimmage Stone found a hole made for him and slipped across the line three minutes after play began. The try for a goal was a failure, but Colt dropped on the ball and secured a second touchdown. The play during the next...
...cannot therefore be visited with any severe penalty; and yet they exhibit to a disgusting degree a lack of refinement. If there had been any humor in the prank it might be pardoned; unfortunately, however, there was not a single element of wit displayed, and meanwhile strangers crossing the yard were simply disgusted at the vulgarity. Who the offender was will in all probability remain a secret. We take this opportunity, nevertheless, to assure him that his ungentlemanly conduct meets the hearty disapproval of the better sentiment of the college...
...yard dash-B. Cook, F. B. Lord, C. F. Page, H. T. Hollis, S. M. Wirts, F. J. Carr, O. K. Hayes, S. Saltonstall, W. L. Thompson, J. C. Hubbard. T. J. Stead, H. M. Steinbergh...
...Roxbury in the absence of Meehan. Ninety-three took the north goal. The ball was carried immediately to Roxbury's goal and inside of three minutes Ninety-three made a touchdown. Brice kicked a goal. Score 6-0. Good rushes by Brice and Jameson brought play to the five yard line and in five minutes the ball was placed behind the line. No goal. Score 10-0. Play was resumed at the 25 yard line. A series of kicks by Atwater put the ball in the middle of the field but good rushes by Ninety-three's backs placed...
Yale defeated Pennsylvania in the Championship game yesterday. Pennsylvania played a strong game and although Yale played her regular team the work was even closer than the score indicates. When time was called in the last half the ball was within a yard of Yale's goal. Pennsylvania would have won the game but for two costly errors of the backs, and slack play in the last ten minutes...