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...first touchdown was scored quickly. Gilder ran the Kickoff to the 35-yard line, and after the ball had been rushed to mid-field, Leonard punted. Kempner tumbled the Kick on the 25-yard line. Leary picked up the ball and ran 10 yards, and then Squires went over for the touchdown, Parker Kicking the goal. The next touchdown was made by Brill, after the ball had been rushed straight down the field from the 28-yard line Parker missed the goad. No more scoring was done in the first period, but the second team made two long gains...
Soon after the Kickoff in the second half, Squires fumbled and craft, securing the ball on the 35-yard line, made the second team's only score, Heilborn Kicking the goal. Squires made the next touchdown after the ball, secured by Parker on the 35-yard line on a fumble, had been rushed straight down the field. On the first play after the next Kickoff Parker broke through, and getting the ball from the second team, went over for a touchdown, almost without opposition. Parker kicked the goal also. The last score of the scrimmage was made on a blocked...
...kickoff Knowlton and Snyder went in for Squires and Macdonald. Brill kicked to Greene who ran in to the 28-yard line. Folwell and Rooke netted eight yards in four rushes. Nichols here replaced Foster, who was hurt. Stevenson punted to Starr on the 35-yard line. Hurley gained five yards through Lamson and, after Harvard had lost 15 yards for holding, he was again given the ball, but failed to gain. Nichols punted to Stevenson who fumbled, and Leary secured the ball on the 50-yard line. Nichols on an end play made 12 yards, but on the next...
Greene ran to mid-field after the kickoff from the 15-yard line. Stevenson tried an end run, but there was holding and the ball was sent back to the 40-yard line. Greene took the ball on a double pass, but did not gain, Macdonald making a splendid tackle. Sheble punted to Foster, who fumbled, Rooke getting the ball on the 25-yard line with a clear field before him and a good interference behind him, but Leary dove in front of the pile and stopped Pennsylvania on the 10-yard line. Harvard was offside and the ball went...
...game starts with a kickoff from centre-field. The player who receives the ball may either pass it back to one of his own team or kick. Usually he "punts into touch," that is, he punts the ball out of bounds. The ball is then thrown into play by one of the halfbacks. The forward who catches the ball tries to break away, but is usually tackled and the ball "held," that is, one or more players of the opposite side get their hands on it. Then comes the most distinctive feature of the game, the scrimmage. The eight forwards...