Word: catching
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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VanHuyck lost the ball and 5 yards but Noyes dropped on it. Polk was hurt a little in a scrimmage but did not retire. Noyes punted. Corbett caught and ran 20 yards. Corbett kicked to Noyes who slipped under the ball but made a very handsome catch...
...Harvard. Corbett punted to Noyes and Yale got the ball on the 40 yard line. It was now too dark to see exactly what was done but Harvard soon got the ball. They immediately lost 10 yards by Yale's good tackling. Corbett punted and Yale got a fair catch. After gaining 10 or 12 yards on the V and several rushes, Yale lost the ball on downs. Newell gained 0, Gage 2 yards, Stone 8, Gage 5, and Newell scored a touchkown from which Corbett kicked no goal. The game was called on account of darkness. Score...
...made by Yale during the afternoon. Yale kept the ball for a considerable time now and managed to force it forty yards into Harvard's territory before compelled to kick. Then B. Morison sent the ball sailing down on the wind, and Trafford was allowed a fair catch on Harvard's five-yard line. Lake gained eight yards behind the V; Corbett failed to advance the ball, however, and then a fumble forced Trafford to try kicking against the wind. It was a beautiful punt, and as Hallowell was down upon Morison the moment he caught the ball, gained Harvard...
Harvard's Fine Defensive Play.The ball was given to Newell, but he fumbled and S. Morison secured it for Yale. B. Morison punted; Hartwell interfered with Trafford's fair catch, and Harvard was given five yards in consequence. Then began a long struggle during which the ball wandered about between Harvard's thirty five and twenty yard lines. Harvard's magnificent defensive play prevented Yale from accomplishing anything in spite of the encouraging cheers from the Yale side of the field. McClung made one weak try for a goal from the field, and just before time was called tried...
...Yale's ball, and she forced it back to near the middle of the field by short rushes. There Harvard stopped all further gain, and secured the ball. After a few short rushes through the line. Trafford was forced to kick again B. Morison was allowed a fair catch, and his brother was put behind the wedge. Finlay did not like to be separated from the man he had been so intimate with all the afternoon, and sought an early opportunity to fold him in a loving embrace. McClung, however, gained five yards, and Wallis five more. Bliss was given...