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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first half of play, after the preliminary work, was the usual line-up against the second eleven. For the second half, however, the Freshmen were put in, and made a better showing than the second, principally because there were more substitutes in the first eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Open Practice. | 11/16/1899 | See Source »

...ends was weak. The kicking by Sawin, however, was good, especially a pretty goal from the field. Reid also was kept out of the practice by a sore on his kicking foot. Ellis's principal fault was in mixing up the interference. There was less offside and holding than usual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL | 11/15/1899 | See Source »

...work of the team consisted of hard signal practice and the usual line-up against the second. Every effort was made to put dash into the play, and to develop the team work and interference. The results of these efforts appeared in the scoring of the second touchdown by Reid, when all the gains were made by well-executed plays into the line. Hallowell placed his punts better, and Sawin succeeded in kicking an easy goal from the field. Burnett missed two tries for goal from the forty-five and thirty-five yard lines respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Practice | 11/14/1899 | See Source »

...line-up against Yale will be offered this afternoon in the game with Dart-mouth. Four substitutes will be in the line-up, and, unless Dartmouth proves stronger than is expected, others will be put in during the second half. The Dartmouth eleven have not been as strong as usual this year, and have been beaten several times by minor colleges. Early in the season they held Yale down to twelve points, but since then they have not developed as well as was hoped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTMOUTH TODAY | 11/11/1899 | See Source »

...seventy yards for a touchdown, on a fake kick. Groton was severely handicapped by an injury to Thayer, captain and quarter-back, in the first part of the game. The Freshmen played well, especially on the defensive. Captain Baldwin was again laid up. Stillman punted higher and better than usual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Defeat Groton. | 11/9/1899 | See Source »

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