Word: attack
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this year, the Freshmen in order to win will have to play a stronger game than they have done before. In spite of the coaches' efforts, the same faults that characterized the play in the Andover game are still in evidence. The defense is slow and erratic and the attack is marred by frequent fumbling...
...Freshmen defeated the M. I. T. freshmen on Soldiers Field yesterday in a one-sided game, by the score of 29 to 0. Although winning by a large score, the Harvard team played a loose game, and fumbled repeatedly. The attack was for the most part slow, and the gains through the line were made simply by superior weight, while the interference was so lifeless as to be a check rather than a help to the runner. The defense however, showed improvement; but; although no gains were made through the line, the ends were several times boxed for long gains...
...team yesterday was at times more encouraging. In the line-up with the second, the play was at first loose and lifeless; but after making one touchdown on a long run through the crowd of spectators, the first team showed decided spirit and scored again by the most aggressive attack that has thus far been exhibited...
...team showed its same old trouble of going to pieces when nearing the goal. Large holes were frequently opened in the line and instead of meeting the attack as a determined team should do-and as the opposing eleven did-the line-men depended upon the secondary defense to stop the play, and allowed West Point to gain steadily and with comparative ease. In advancing the ball, the runner made but little effort to follow what interference there was, and until the latter part of the game, Harvard's gains around the ends seldom amounted to more than a yard...
...game with the United States Military Academy, to be played at West Point this afternoon, will give the first thorough test of the University eleven's strength. All the games played hitherto have been with much lighter opponents, who had comparatively little power of attack or ability in defense; but today the eleven will meet a team of weight almost equal to its own, composed of men of strong physique and considerable football experience. The West Point team, with the exception of three men, is the same as the one which last year kept Harvard from scoring until the last...