Word: attack
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...spirit, both on offense and defense. The formation plays were run smoothly for the first time, and were used against the second for long gains. The line, while still lacking in aggressiveness, showed more power and lift than hitherto, and proved fairly successful in checking the second's attack...
...been defeated by the same team, 11-6; while in the game with the Harvard Freshmen, Andover won, 5-0. In comparing these games, it is noticeable that in the second half of the last Yale game, Andover was clearly outplayed, and proved unable to resist Yale's aggressive attack; While at no time was Harvard able even to threaten the Andover goal. Like the Harvard team, Yale was weak on the defense, and allowed long gains around her ends...
...game itself was slow and, except for occasional runs of considerable length, or for some individual work of more than usual excellence or the reverse, was rendered uninteresting throughout by the sameness of the play. All through the game Harvard was continually forced to punt, simply because of an attack which was so slow in starting and so poorly protected that the Pennsylvania forwards were able to break it up before it had gathered sufficient power to prove formidable. Four times the ball was brought within easy scoring distance, only to be lost on fumbles--once on the 16 yard...
...could not gain alone there was usually no gain at all. Every man played for himself and gave little thought to the other members of the team. When on the defense, it was the same story, and one man would be left to bear the burnt of the whole attack. Fumbling appears to be an irradicable trouble; it has been a prominent lecture in each of the last three games and from present indications will be an important factor in the Yale game. The linemen were very slow in meeting plays and tackled ridiculously high, in marked contrast...
...work of the entire afternoon was marred by unsteady play on both attack and defense, frequent fumbling, offside play and slow and uncertain following of the ball. The two touchdowns scored against the University eleven were made by long runs on blocked punts. Slow work in the line allowed the blocking of the punts, and failure to follow the play made the runs possible. In the game with the Freshman team, the University eleven started with a series of tackle plays which carried the ball in four minutes from the centre of the field to the goal line. Wright carried...