Tufts at Brown

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  The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], November 24, 1893, page 3

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  BROWNS KICKERS WIN. DEFEAT TUFTS CoLLEGE TEAM BY A SCORE or 30 TO O. Team Work and Individual Play OF the Boys From Ola Brown Was Excellent. The Game. Brown ended the season by defeating the Tufts team yesterday on Lincoln field by score Of 80 60 0. The game was a magni1cent exhibition OF football and the Individual playing a. we’ll ~ team work of the Brown men was brilliant throughout. The much boosted inter ference Of Tufts proved no puzzle to the brown aud white, who broke IL into atoms before Tufts could even start. The lack OF ability TO kick goals. which the Tufts men said might lose them the game. was no loss, for only once did Tufts come near scoring. when the ball was forced TO the five yard only TO be taken on four downs by the Brown play ers, who made superb rally. 1t would be bhrd to pick cut any Individual player for commendation. The fine rackling and interference OF Hopkins and Donovan. the long runs Of Millard. the way in which Mccarthy bucked the line aud the steadiness of Coombs 1T centre and the work Of the whole line In breaking through and stopping Tufts plays conblnsd TO make fine exhibition. Again and again the whole Brown line would come through with a crash upon the Tufts runner forcing them back towards their own goal. Twice Donovan slipped through aud brought down tho runner before lie could start by superb tsckling aud both he and Hopkins tackled aud broke up tho interference bsyond count. But when Brown had the pigskin she enthusiasm OF the spec tators waxsd high. After two minutes OF play Brown scored her first touchd own. Millard making ino run OF forty-fye yards. But this was only the beginning. MiIard again got away from the whole team and by a run Of IS yards again scored; DoDavaa and Hopkins At his side TO block off the helpless Tufts men. But when on the criss-cross Millard made q run of S5 yards andtsllied, enthusiasm ran riot. Tufts men became paralized and in the second half. the only time when Brown had chance at the kick off, five rushes carried the oval over the TUFTS line. The game was called after fifteen minutes play in the second half on account of darkness. The men lined up ss follows:

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Brown leads 23–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.