Word: backed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yale opened her playing season on September 29 by defeating Wesleyan 11 to 0. The contest was characterized by the loose, disjointed play common to early season games. Philbin played full-back in the absence of Captain Coy and scored both touchdowns. On the following Saturday, Yale won a spectacular victory over Syracuse, the final score being 15 to 0. In this game a marked improvement over the form displayed in the Wesleyan game was noticeable. A successful forward pass, Howe to Vaughan was the feature of the game. The final mid-week game against Holy Cross was disappointing, owing...
...Back to New Haven...
...last night at the Norfolk Hunt Club in Medfield. The majority of the squad left Harvard square yesterday afternoon at 1.45 o'clock. Coaches Haughton and Daly and the following nine men followed on a later train, after a short signal practice and a drill in punting to the back-field in the Stadium: H. F. Corbett '11, T. Frothingham '12, H. C. Leslie '11, R. G. McKay '11, W. M. Minot '11, D. V. O'Flaherty '10, J. G. B. Perkins '11, H. B. Sprague '11, and R. B. Wigglesworth...
After the scrimmage, cheers were given for the coaches, members of the team and the substitutes. The procession then formed again and, led by the graduates, marched back to University Hall, where more cheers were given before the parade disbanded...
...very beginning of the first half Coy tried for a field-goal from the 35-yard line, but this, as well as two others, was unsuccessful. Early in the second half Philbin apparently scored a touchdown, but was called back because of holding. Throughout this half Yale lost ground at several critical periods by being penalized...