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...hoped-for score. On the rebound, however, Bonsal was on the ball and for a moment it seemed that another touchdown must surely follow. Yale secured the ball from the three down rule, and by good half-back play succeeded in forcing it from their ground. Several times our full-back failed to either mark his fair catches or to return the ball, and so Yale gained the full length of her kick. Good catching by Henry and Peabody kept Yale away from our poles though for some time, while several very brilliant runs and drop kicks by the former...
...foot-ball team leave for New York at eleven this morning. They will pass the night in that city, going to Princeton on Saturday morning. The team will play as follows: Rushers, Adams, Kendall, Bonsal, Appleton, Cabot, Hartley and Gilman; quarterback, Kimball; half-backs, Peabody and Austin; full-back, Cowling; substitutes, (backs) Henry and Biddle; (quarter-back) Mason; (rushers) Codman and Crane. The rush line averages 169 1-2 lbs. and the whole team165...
...Club the best playing was done by Eliot, Baldwin, Howard and Turner. Lemoyne and Bradford made several fine rushes for the Pierian. The teams were composed as follows: Glee Club, Harrison. Howard, Thorndike, Easton, R. Howe, Simmons, and turner, rushers; Gilman, quarter back; Baldwin and Eliot, halfbacks; J. Howe, full-back. Pierian, Coolidge, Carey, Goepp, Mason, Osborne, rushers; Cobb, quarter-back; Bradford and Lemoyne, half-backs. Mr. Woodbury acted as referee; Mr. Bonsal, umpire for Glee Club, Mr. G. Bradford, umpire for Peirians...
...this strong half-back play. and if it proves to be so we need by no means despair of victory. Princeton's rush is comparatively light, and though her men are correspondingly active they ought to gain no advantage over our forwards. Our men are also gaining full confidence in the full-back, and if he comes up to expectations we can undoubtedly make the contest extremely close, though we may be unable to turn the balance of victory in our favor...
...Worth the half-back, whose catching and kicking were very fine. All the rush line played well for Harvard and Cowling did some excellent kicking. The eleven does not drop on the ball yet as it should do, but shows great improvement in this direction over its play of a week ago. The teams were as follows: Stevens-Forwards, Williams, McCoy, Torrance, Cotiart, Bush, Kletzght, (captain), Hart ; quarter-back, Baldwin ; half-backs, Dilworth and Worth ; full -back, Maury. Harvard-Forwards, Adams, Kendall, Bonsal, Appleton Cabot, Hartley, Gilman ; quarter-back, Kimball; half-backs, Austin and Peabody, '87; Full-back, Cowling...