Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Since the overwhelming defeat by Andover last Saturday, the Freshman team has made but little improvement. In the attack a somewhat greater speed and aggressiveness has been partially offset by fumbling, and the defense is still very weak...
...practice of the Freshman football team yesterday afternoon was most encouraging, as the team for the first time showed some consistency in attack. Owing to the hard beating on Saturday, several substitutes were put in, of whom Hopewell, who was tried at tackle, showed up the best. After some practice at catching punts, the first team lined up against the second, scoring once and making steady gains. Brill did not play, as he has left the University and gone back to Exeter. The first team lined up as follows: Lockwood, l.e.; Bacon, l.t.; Jenkins, l.g.; Starr, (Frasier), c.; Roosevelt...
...Moyne, Clothier, Montgomery, Nichols, Hurley, Nesmith, Randall, Dodge, Schoellkopf, Hanley, Harrison, Marshall, Noyes. Among the more prominent players who will not go are Shea and Mills, who were both on the field yesterday, but are still suffering from bad ankles; and Coburn, who is just recovering from an attack of tonsilitis...
...composed of heavy and mature men, repeatedly penetrated the Yale line for gains, mostly through Bloomer, Morton and Roraback. The Springfield backs were invariably stopped, however, by the Yale back-field, Metcalf, Mitchell and Bowman, whose deadly tackling formed the strongest feature of their team's defense. Yale's attack was powerful; the first three touchdowns being made by a fast rushing game. The final touchdown was made by Rafferty, who caught Yale's quarterback kick on Springfield's 2-yard line. The halves were twenty and fifteen minutes in length...
...appeal to the college element as such is tinged with no assumption of superiority or feeling of class distinction. We attack the colleges because the colleges through their existing organization and the affection of their alumni offer a definite basis for attack; because, also, we believe that the college man is especially qualified to form an opinion and especially bound to exert an influence in the impending struggle. The coming election will squarely test the capacity of the people of New York to appreciate the benefits of a clean, efficient and disinterested administration. The blessings of good government are felt...