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Captain Burr's modest and straight-forward account of the development of the team, Mr. Watts's survey of the football season, and Mr. Fisher's description of the present condition of the Trophy Room, complete the November tribute to outdoor sports. Mr. A. K. Jones, who rang the College bell for fifty years, is the subject of a brief article with portraits. "Says Butler" is a good character sketch, well within the range of undergraduate observation and handling. Mr. Lippman's "Reply" to Professor Wendell's "Privileged Classes" shows keen and clever fencing without quite coming to a precise...

Author: By Bliss Perry., | Title: Illustrated Reviewed by Bliss Perry | 11/19/1908 | See Source »

...Freshmen received the kick-off and by straight rushes placed the ball on the Sophomores' 5-yard line. The Sophomores got the ball on downs, but soon lost it by a fumble, and the Freshmen recovered it on their 30-yard line. A successful forward pass and several line plunges soon resulted and Pierce was pushed over for a touchdown. Smith failed to kick the goal. The Freshmen received the ball on the next kick-off and after several line plunges and a 30-yard run by Campbell, Pierce made the second touchdown. Smith was unable to kick the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOPHOMORES LOST TO 1912 | 11/17/1908 | See Source »

...first half, Harvard carried the ball nearly the entire length of the field for a touchdown. Pierce scored from the 10-yard line and Frothingham kicked the goal. Yale showed decided improvement at the beginning of the second half. They advanced the ball forty yards by straight rushing, in which Messenger made the greatest gains. This was followed by an exchange of punts. Yale took the ball again near the middle of the field and rushed it to Harvard's 20-yard line. A place kick was tried, but Smith who held the ball fumbled, and Pierce recovered the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1912 DEFEATED YALE, 6 TO 0 | 11/16/1908 | See Source »

...onside kick gave the ball to Brown on its own 25-yard line. Brown fumbled on the next play and Knapp recovered the ball for Harvard on Brown's 5-yard line, whence Pierce scored. Frothingham kicked the goal. The Freshmen scored their second touchdown by 75 yards of straight rushing. Pierce made a twenty-yard run to Brown's 20-yard line, from which point Pierce scored in two plays. Frothingham kicked the goal. After the kick-off Harvard gained rapidly, and had carried the ball into Brown's territory in five plays when time was called...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1912 DEFEATED BROWN | 11/9/1908 | See Source »

Yale easily defeated Massachusetts Agricultural College, 49-0, at New Haven last Saturday. The visiting team had only one chance to score, when, in the first half, they got the ball on Yale's 15-yard line. Yale played straight football during the entire game. The regular team was used in the first half, with the exception of the quarterback and ends, who are out of the game on account of injuries. Of the nine touchdowns, Coy made 4, Philbin 2, Daley 2, and Holt 1. The Yale team lined up as follows: l.e., Logan, Freeman; l.t., Hobbs, Lilley, Carter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Secured Easy Victory, 49 to 0 | 11/2/1908 | See Source »

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