Word: amherst
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...complete an anti-climax to the work of the eleven against the Chicago Athletic Club, as one could very well imagine. To be sure the game was won, but when one reviews in his mind the general drift of the play, he finds it hard to explain why Amherst did not keep on scoring and win the game. The only possible reason that such did not happen was owing to Harvard's better endurance and the individual work of a few men. Amherst's defensive work was stronger than Harvard's, their aggressive play was more effective, their tackling quicker...
...mortifying. The men were urged to their utmost and individually seemed to be in earnest, but through it all one could see a spirit of demoralization. The visitors' first touchdown seemed to rattle rather than dishearten the men. After that there was a certain indecision, a certain helplessness against Amherst's sharp aggressive game. which filled the minds of the Harvard men with unpleasant thoughts of what may be if a halt is not made immediately and measures taken to see that, from now on, this unreliable changeable sort of work is put an end to, and that the team...
Harvard's interference seemed to be confined to theory; the results of it were not exactly practical. The Amherst men found no difficulty in breaking through the block and tackling the runner. The loose work of the forwards and the unsatisfactory support given by the right half of the rushline lost many a yard for Harvard, whether in offensive or defensive play. After the first touchdown Amherst rushed the ball down to Harvard's twenty-five yard line, and then lost it on a fumble. Getting it soon after, they sent Van Leuven around our right end for 25 yards...
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