Word: cleaver
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Hutchinson end Cleaver...
Wesleyan-Rushers: Cleaver, (Howard), Moore, Heath, Roe, Bickford, Brown, Beers; quarter-back, Peck; half-backs, Slayback, Day; full-back, Hall...
...rushing, but Goldthwaite broke throngh the line and stopped Day. Good tackling held Wesleyan without any gain, and gave the ball to Harvard on four downs. Lee ran around the end, carried the ball thirty-five yards, and scored at 3.56. No goal. Score 42-0. At this point Cleaver who had hurt his ankle was compelled to leave the field; Moore took his place at the end, and Howard played right tackle in Moore's stead. Harvard gained the ball at the thirty yard line. Dennison gained by clever dodging, and Lee made another of his long runs around...
Their next joint appearance was at the English Amateur Championship Games, on July 16, at Birmingham, and it was here that each received his first and only English defeat. Myers's defeat was in the 100-yards dash, in which he finished fourth in the trial heat, Cowie, Cleaver, and Malone finishing respectively first, second, and third; the winner's time being 10 1-5 sec. Myers claims that owing to the track being down hill he lost his balance and was thrown out of his stride, and that all through the race he was trying to run and keep...