Word: attack
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...attack of machine-like regularity has been evolved and its power was effectively demonstrated last week in the game against Princeton, when the climax in the development of the team seemed to have been reached. Although held down to six points in the first half, in the second period Yale three times carried the ball down the field by an irresistible attack, gaining from five to ten yards at a rush. The defense also proved powerful, Princeton losing the ball on downs on the 8-yard line after having been unable to gain a foot in three rushes. Only...
...twice was set back 15 yards for holding. Harvard was penalized once for the same offense, and in all three cases a punt was necessary. Besides this each team held twice, forcing a punt, and Harvard was once stopped on downs. Near the end of the game the Dartmouth attack was weakened slightly, and with Foster in for Leonard Harvard's defense took a decided brace and would undoubtedly have held on the 15-yard line, if Glaze had not tried a goal from placement...
...attack of the University eleven yesterday was again fairly strong, and the second team was unable to make any consistent gains. Although the play on the whole was neither brilliant nor especially fast, extremely well-developed team-play was shown at times by the first team. Newhall was back in the game at quarterback, and all of the regular players except Burr, Nichols and Harrison were on the field. Foster and Starr were again given light work and did not play in the scrimmage...
Several causes contributed to this defeat. The attack did not come up to expectations and wore itself out in the first half. Other causes were the fumbling at critical times and the weakness of the three centre positions. The play was extremely ragged, each side losing the ball twice on fumbles, one of which was fatal to Harvard. Many other fumbles which were recovered were costly to both elevens. The rules regarding offside play and holding were strictly enforced by the officials, Pennsylvania's penalties aggregating a distance equal to the length of the field, while Harvard was set back...
...score, few doubted that the Harvard team had begun to play its game and would keep Pennsylvania on the defense for the rest of the time. During the first half this was true as far as the latter team's ability to gain was concerned, but Harvard's attack was met with such a strong opposition that three times, after rushing well into its opponents' territory, the University team lost the ball twice on downs, and once on a fumble. In this hard rushing, on which Harvard netted nearly 100 yards, the men carrying the ball bore the brunt...