Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...teams worked without individual stars assuming any monopoly of usefulness or attention. Eleven men, working as a unit, crashed down the field in their march to the opposition goal line, and when the touchdown was scored there was no particular glory for the player who happened to carry the ball...
...view of the "era of good feeling" which has happily been inaugurated in athletics between Harvard and Yale, may it not be in order to suggest to our "friend, the enemy" that it is time to give up the concerted efforts to "rattle" our players? Whenever Harvard had the ball on the Yale side of the field during the recent game in the Stadium, the Yale crowd set up a great noise, in order to drown, if possible, the signals given to the Harvard team. So also, whenever Brickley prepared to make a drop or place kick, the Yale "rooters...
...rival, and only one of the contests has been a tie. The first touchdown was made in the first period and came as the result of straight rushes from midfield. The second was the result of a freak play when Barrett, trying for a field goal kicked the ball across the line and Fritz fell on it. The last score came at the end of the third periods. Fritz and Barrett starred for the winners, while Captain Young played the best game for Pennsylvania...
...times the Freshmen showed their weakness as a team, although there were a number of individual stars. Chief among these might be mentioned D. G. Lovell, who played fullback, and excelled both in tackling and in carrying the ball...
...Sophomore team clearly outplayed the Second Freshman, but the only score came as the result of an intercepted forward pass and a long run for a touch-down by Lovell in an extra period. Twice the Sophomores rushed the ball to their opponents 5-yard line, only to be stopped by the more experienced Second Freshman line...