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...count. The first man at the finish is to count ten points the second, nine points, and so on. The club getting the most points, thus computed, will win the race. There will be a trophy for the winning club in the shape of a banner worth fifteen dollars, which is to be provided by the clubs jointly. It is believed that this race will stimulate the interest in bicycling and thus increase Harvard's chances of winning again at Mott Haven...
...centre of the field, and Lee, carrying it forty yards, made a touchdown. Time, 15 minutes. Harding kicked a goal, making the score 20-0. Wesleyan kicked from the centre of the field and Harvard had the ball down on its forty-yard line. Porter and Sears advanced it fifteen yards, and Sears kicked. Wesleyan had the ball down in the centre of the field but lost it on four downs. After considerable fumbling by both sides, Harvard got the ball, but immediately lost it on a foul. Wesleyan kicked; and Porter returning, Wesleyan had the ball down...
...Davis got the ball. Sears, V. Harding and Porter advanced it to the five-yard line where it went to Wesleyan for foul holding. Wesleyan advanced the ball to the twenty-five yard line where Harvard getting it, forced it by rushes of Trafford and davis to the fifteen-yard line and Sears made a touchdown eleven minutes after play was called. Harding kicked a goal. Wesleyan forced back ten yards from the centre of the field by sharp work of Cumnock, punted. Harvard had the ball down on the forty-yard line and Porter by a good rush advanced...
...again in 1874, but lost it to Harvard in the following year. In 1876 and 1877 Yale again defeated Harvard, Columbia and Princeton. In 1878 some changes were made in the rules, tending to make the game closer and the number of players on each team was reduced to fifteen. That year Princeton won, with Yale second and Harvard third...
...Austin's touchdown, Porter, by a long rush, carried the ball over the line. Sears missed the goal. Score, 94-0. Amherst kicked from the twenty-five yard line, and Sears, getting the ball, carried it to the thirty-yard line, where he lost it. Amherst was forced back fifteen yards when, attempting to kick, the full-back lost the ball, and Davis dropping on it, scored the eighteenth touchdown for Harvard. Time 24 minutes. Sears' goal was not allowed on account of off side play. Three minutes later Sears, getting the ball from Amherst's kick, scored the last...