Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gave the ends an excellent chance to recover the ball, by not kicking either too far or too quickly. Of the forward passes, only one was successful, the others being either outside or wide of the mark. He ran the team with snap and speed, showing a versatility of attack fairly well developed for this stage of the season...
...Yale University football team defeated Holy Cross Saturday by a score of 26 to 0. The game was not marked by brilliant playing on either side, Captain Howe, of Yale, furnishing most of the spectacular runs. The Holy Cross defence was at most times too much for the Yale attack and prevented any long end runs...
...Yale's attack was confined principally to single plays from regular and wing shift formations, the forward pass being used but once. Holy Cross executed one excellent pass from Whalen to Metivier, who gained about 35 yards on the play. This placed the ball in Holy Cross's posession on Yale's 25-yard line, which was the nearest the Worcester team came to a score...
...poor condition of the elm trees in and about the Yard has made radical changes necessary. The trees have been attacked by the leopard moth, which bores into the wood, making any attempt at their extermination practically impossible. Moreover, work on the subway and the sewerage system in Harvard square has been injurious to the trees, as much moisture is drained off, thus making them more susceptible to the attack of the moths...
...replace these and in preparation to the replanting of the Yard, twelve red oaks have already been set out. These trees have not been found to be susceptible to the attack of moths, and when full grown the foliage is very luxuriant, so that the appearance of the Yard will ultimately unimpaired. The best loam procurable has been placed about the roots of each, within a radius of about eight feet and to a depth of four feet...