Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is a lull in the busy life of the University; the Faculty makes ready its first attack upon the undergraduates,--the Hour Examinations are at hand...
...second time this season C. E. Brickley '15 brought the Boston College squad to Cambridge to scrimmage with the informals and the Freshmen. Coaches Rollins and Wallace took the opportunity to polish the attack and defense of their teams for the games Saturday with the Depot Brigade at Camp Devens and Worcester Academy here...
...first part of the scrimmage the informal team used an open attack with some success. A 30-yard pass from L. Crosscup '19, to R. Hoffman '19, advanced the ball to the 8-yard mark from which Horween scored on line plunges. Brickley's squad then tried the same open tactics against the informals, but several attempts to complete passes were stopped by the University defence, although on the last down a beautiful pass of 35 yards brought a touchdown. The coaches from that point directed the plays...
...football team must be drilled in much the same manner as a company of recruits. It takes a long time to learn the fundamentals and after these the finished team must master a varied attack...
...Brickley '15. In the previous encounter the two teams played about evenly with the advantage, if any, on the side of the informals. Since then, however, the University team has improved greatly in every department of the game, more particularly in the power and variety of its attack...