Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...during the two preceding years I frequently went down to practice. I saw plenty of punting and drop kicking, but I did not see a single attempt at a place kick. This year I have not heard of any change. It seems a peculiar thing that the one goal in last year's Pennsylvania game, the only important goal we have kicked from a touchdown in three years, should have been kicked by a substitute. As I said before, I do not wish to croak, but I am beginning to tire of asking myself, "if our opponents kick their goals...
...matter how efficient, can not coach two elevens at once. It is surely the duty of the members of the eleven which is not under his eye to do their best. They member of the I900 second eleven do not do their best. They make a much weaker attempt at practice than an average school second eleven. They go through the signals in a listless, happy-go-lucky fashion, and many of them seem to regard a game with one of Harvard's greatest athletic rivals as the most trivial thing in the world. Even with small boys this would...
...kick-off Warren caught the ball and made five yards before being tackled. Cabot then kicked to the middle of the field and Raymond made ten yards for Wesleyan before being downed. Wesleyan then made an attempt at bucking the line, but this proved futile and Raymond was forced to kick. With the ball on Harvard's 35-yard line, Cabot punted to Wesleyan's 20-yard line. Here Wesleyan fumbled and a Harvard man dropped on it. Then by a series of rushes between tackles and ends Harvard carried the ball to Wesleyan's ten-yard line. Here Warren...
...second half Harvard scored again, and nothing further of interest occured except when Newton rushed the ball through centre close enough to Harvard's line for an attempt at a goal from the field. The kick was a poor one, however, and the ball was soon carried back to the middle of the field...
Since Harvard will be the first college to attempt a comprehensive movement of this kind, every student interested in sound money should be present tonight...