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Stagg's eleven played an excellent game with the exception of occasional fumbles by the backs. They showed excellent team work, and the individual play was also first-class. The rush-line broke through and tackled well when Harvard had the ball; and of the backs Stagg and Seerley made several remarkable rushes. Van Leuven, as usual, played a very strong game on the right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 11/9/1891 | See Source »

...game '94, however, by hard work acquired a strong team play and got their men into such condition that they were able to cope with their stronger and heavier opponents. '93 played a hard and plucky game but were outplayed at all points. Blake and Williams the sophomore guards broke through continually and effectually stopped the play with the tackle and ends which '93 used against '92. Blake in particular gave an admirable exhibition of the foot ball a guard should play. The blocking of the '94 backs was good and they made repeated gains between tackle and end. Cabot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '94 Wins the Championship. | 11/7/1891 | See Source »

...when Cabot stopped him. '93 now forced the ball steadily down to within ten yards of the line when they lost the ball on 4 downs. It looked as if luck was with them, however, for a moment later the ball came back wildly and Winslow broke through and got it. The ball was decided to have been put regularly in play and '93 took the ball only to lose it again immediately. '94's centre was stronger than that of their opponents and Blake broke through continually on the quarter-back. '93 had the ball after Hoag kicked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '94 Wins the Championship. | 11/7/1891 | See Source »

...entered pole vault C. Hodgkins M. S. His height, when the pole broke was 8 ft. 8 1-4 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Meeting. | 11/7/1891 | See Source »

...left end had hardly recovered from his injury of Thursday; Weed at tackle suffered from a very severe blow in the chest; Hunt, at centre, has had water on the knee; Watriss came in at the last minute to play right guard in the place of Stearns who broke a bone in his hand; Newell at right tackle suffers more or less from heart trouble, and should really not have played yesterday; and Putnam at right end has been laid off on account of minor injuries. Altogether the condition of the team was not such as to make a very...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ninety-three 18; Ninety-two 0. | 11/4/1891 | See Source »

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