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...first foot ball game of the season was played on Jarvis Field, yesterday afternoon with Phillips Exeter academy eleven. Harvard played a very loose game, and lost ground repeatedly through the tendency of the rushers to get off-side. The tackling was not good, and Trafford was the only man who seemed to know anything about blocking off. All of the backs did some good rushing, but they were aided materially by the poor tackling of the Exeter backs. The playing of the academy team, against a much heavier lot of men was creditable; there is good material...
...clock, Harvard having the ball and the east end of the field. Rushes by Corbett, Lake and Lee carried the ball to near the line, where Cumnock took it from Lee and deposited it behind the goal posts one and one-half minutes after play began. Trafford kicked the goal. Score 6-0. McNear took the place of Lake, who had been hurt, and six minutes after the ball had been put in play he made a pretty run through the line and scored the second touch-down; goal. Score 12-0. Five minutes later Lee ran through the whole...
...Harvard two touch-downs during the next few minutes, but Exeter was forced to make a touch-back. Score 35-0. Off-side play again lost Harvard a touch-down; but two minutes before time was called Corbett ran around the end and carried the ball over the line; Trafford kicked the goal, making the final score 41-0. The teams were made up as follows...
...Trafford. Full. Whitehead...
...TRAFFORD, President...