Word: princeton
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...HARSH comment was made on the Princeton-Harvard game last Saturday by the man who said that the Harvard team seemed to think there were not enough spectators on the benches, so they stopped playing to watch the game...
OWING to the expectation of a better game than that with Amherst, and to milder weather, the game of last Saturday was attended by a much larger number of spectators. The Princeton team was composed of unusually heavy men, whose kicking in the practice before the game made it plain that Harvard was to have a hard battle. The game was the most exciting and best-contested one ever played in this vicinity...
Game was called a little after 2.30, Harvard having the upper end of the field. Warren kicked off well for Harvard, and, thanks to our rushers, the ball remained at Princeton's end for the first few minutes. Princeton soon rallied, however, and slowly worked the ball to the middle of the field; soon the ball was near our goal-line, then was held down, and an instant after was behind our line. Sedgwick and Loney both touched the ball; Harvard claimed that Sedgwick had touched the ball down, but, as Loney held it on the ground after Sedgwick...
...Princeton played with nine rushers, who worked well together, and were backed up splendidly by the half-tends and tends, whose long kicks were the envy and admiration of all Harvard supporters. For Harvard, Sedgwick, Bacon, and Houston did the best kicking, Wetherbee the best running, and Winsor and Cushing made some fine efforts, but were caught by the opposing rushers, who had an advantage in numbers, being nine to seven. Score: Princeton, one touch-down; Harvard, nothing...
...second inning, Cushing made some slight changes in the position of the men; Warren now rushing, Bacon and Houston changing places. Ballard kicked off, but the ball was soon at Princeton's end of the field. Holmes and Cowdin were particularly active, and Harvard seemed determined to do something. Princeton was obliged to touch the ball down behind her goal-line three times, our half-tends making several attempts for a goal, but gaining nothing. Wetherbee made good runs for Harvard, passing every one till he reached Withington, who stopped him each time, while for Princeton McNair made the best...