Dartmouth at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 1, 1893, page 4

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  WON HY TIE HARVARD ELEVEN DARTMOUTH DEFEATED At FOOTBALL on JARVIS FIELD-THE SCORE IS TO 0. DARTMOUTH DEFEATED At FOOTBALL on JARVIS FIELD-THE SCORE IS TO 0. Cambridge Mass. Sept. 30 (SpeciaD-Harvard won the first football game Of the season on Jar Wis Field this afternoon. defeating the Dartmouth eleven by the score Of l6 to o. Two halves, OF twenty minutes each were played. The first half was close. and the crimson scored only Dartmouth started with the ball and rushed it down the field with little opposition from the Har ward men, who were apparently rather ratified At the six-yard line. with the downs three in num- Der. Jones made bad snap back. and Harvard secured the ball. From that time Harvard had things practically her own way. Gray and Waters at haf-back did excellent work The Interference was remarkably good. but the defensive work correspondingy weak. The Dartmouth peatedy broke through the for gains Of from five to ten yards. On the whole. the play of the Harvard team encouraging. 1t WAS because of the weakness In the centre that Dartmouth all but scored The umpire to-day was Mr.. Norton, OF Yale; the ref cree, Mr. Brooks. OF Harvard. Touchdowns made follows: Waters, ?; Gray !. Brewer kicked goal safety was made by Pollard

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Harvard leads 63–⁠40–⁠4 in 107 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.