Word: six
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Springfield on Saturday afternoon Harvard played and lost her last game of the season to Yale by a score of six to nothing. There was a tremendous crowd in attendance, fully twelve thousand people occupying the grand stands and coaches. The Yale supporters predominated, but over a thousand men went down from Cambridge alone, while there was any number of graduates present to cheer for the crimson. It was a magnificently played game throughout by both sides and not until the last few minutes of the play could it be at all definitely decided who were to be the winners...
...Harvard men, but was downed by B. Trafford at the twenty-five yard line. Yale gained slightly but lost the ball on four downs. Trafford kicked and Hallowell secured the ball. Lee dropped the ball but again Yale made four downs without gaining. Saxe gained three yards, Lee rushed six yards and passed to Cumnock, who had pluckily continued to play after hurting his leg, and now gained fifteen yards. After four downs with a total gain of fifteen yards B. Trafford kicked. McBride returned and B. Traford punted again. Gill made another grand rush and was only stopped...
Yale's rush-line averaged two pounds heavier than Harvard's. Yale's four backs averaged six pounds lighter than Harvard...
...match was shot in six rounds, three at each kind of birds. Yale won the choice of birds first and chose the keystones. In the first round Yale secured a lead of one bird and kept it until the third round when Harvard rallied and gained six birds over her opponents. The third round closed the first half with Harvard five birds in the lead. The second half was more spirited and both teams did much better shooting. Yale tried hard to overcome Harvard's lead but without success. The first round was a tie. A gain of two birds...
...fifth hare and hounds run was held yesterday afternoon. The hares, W. C. Downes, '90, and H. A. Davis '91, left the gymnasium at 3.22 and were followed six minutes later by the hounds, with J. D. Gorham, '90 as master. The trail was laid through Harvard square, then turning sharp to the left through Norton's woods and up to Porter's station. From here the trail ran parallel to the railroad track as far as Fresh pond, then turning sharply, straight back to Highland street, where the break was made. The hares reached the gymnasium...