Word: backed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...game, "That is the best Harvard team I ever saw"? There is no denying the fact that the exhibition of all around football displayed by the University team against Carlisle was noticeably better with the exception of kicking and handing punts than that of any Harvard team as far back as the present board can recall. The most conspicuous element and the most gratifying was the ample evidence of strategic football brains and it was quite as much a triumph for the coaching staff as for the players themselves. Every pound of available strength was put into the line...
Constantly aggressive, and for the greater part of the time in their opponents' territory, the University team should have scored again. Three times Harvard reached the Indians' 5-yard line only to be put back, twice for off-side work and once for holding. The University team was splendid on the defence, blocking Thorpe's place-kick and allowing but little gain through the line. When the Indian team had rushed the ball to the 2-yard line, they were unable to gain again and lost the ball on downs. Both teams used the forward pass frequently. Harvard was particularly...
...outset, Balenti kicked off to Corbett, who ran the ball back to the 18-yard line. Carlisle was penalized five yards for off-side play. Corbett was thrown for loss, and Kennard punted to Belenti, who was downed on Harvard's 53-yard line. Hendricks failed to gain, and Thorpe punted to Browne on the 30-yard line. Cutler's punt went to Balenti, who ran back ten yards to the 50-yard line. The Indians here fumbled a forward pass, the ball going to Harvard. Carlisle was again penalized for off-side play, and the ball was advanced...
...have come to expect almost anything in the line of ingenious football from the Carlisle team. The memorable day of a few years back when one of the braves tucked the ball under the back of his sweater and ran the length of the field for a touchdown on the kick-off to the utter stupefaction of the University team, showed of what they are capable. In the game last year, there was a bewildering array of forward passes, fake kicks and onside kicks in their offence and they raced from one part of the field to the other...
...second team. In this position he showed up well, blocking one of Galatti's punts and breaking up several other plays. The work of the University team was full of life, and the backfield showed improvement in handling kicks. Dunlap was in at left guard and Withington went back to tackle. The second team played a good, hard game, Minot and Page doing particularly well...