Word: backed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...seconds made the best of the breaks. Twice they intercepted forward passes at the critical points in the play. The first was intercepted by H. C. Janin Unc. just in time to prevent Team B from coming dangerously close to the goal line. Ten minutes later a second team back intercepted another and gained five yards toward the opponent's goal. On the succeeding play Fitts broke through for 30 yards, being downed by W. D. Hubbard '22 on Team B's 30-yard line. Fitts then scored on a field goal...
...entire match was characterized by well-placed drives, and tremendous smashes. Lipman elected to take the net often, where he won point after point by well directed returns. Turenne excelled in deep court play and used his back-hand stroke with telling effect. Lipman served most effectively and showed a change of speed that was very disconcerting to his opponent...
Double Lateral Pass Called Back...
...once more obtained possession of the ball in midfield Felton piloted the team to the 25-yard line. An end-around play by Ryan, plunges by A. Horween and a slide-off tackle by Humphrey made the 25 yards in six plays. Here a penalty for holding set Harvard back out of scoring distance...
...futility of comparative scores should take the edge from our over-confidence, and when it is realized that Yale was without the services of her captain, we will be brought back to earth with a thud. Our team is a fighting aggregation, well grounded in the fundamentals. With the support of a loyal, but not overconfident student body, they will offer Yale and Princeton a sturdy battle. We face a stiff assignment; a double victory is not a sinecure...