Word: crossbar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...called in the college elevens, three half-backs, two backs, and one goal keeper. The construction of the goal posts is the same as you will see on Jarvis Field at Harvard in the fall, but to score in the Association game you must put the ball under the crossbar instead of over it, and touchdowns are not known...
...team allowed themselves to be bulldozed and played a very sandless game after they had seen their adversaries play a short time. At the start the ball was rushed up close to the Wesleyan goal and Kimball made a kick for goal which struck the crossbar. Loose tackling by our eleven allowed the Wesleyan men to force the ball close to our end of the field. Judd, one of the Wesleyan halfbacks, here made a fair catch and Saxe kicked a goal. The ball, after being started from the middle, was again forced to Harvard's 25-yard line...