Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...coaching staff is developing this method of scoring for more efficient and more frequent use. Late yesterday afternoon a team composed of University players and substitutes, lined up against the seconds for twenty minutes, in order to allow Brickley and Logan to test their drop-kicks. Brickley booted the ball from the 35-yard line straight over the bar five times out of seven attempts. Logan's attempts were not so successful, as he scored only one out of five...
...scrimmage between the seconds and the substitutes, the latter could not make much progress, though they had possession of the ball practically all of the time. Near the end of the play, McKinlock, in four plays, rushed over from within the ten-yard line for the only score...
...most promising men for the tackle positions while Avery, Braum and Carter are running a close race for the ends. The position of quarterback seems to he the only one about which there is little doubt as Cornish is a clever player in running the team and carrying the ball. Ainsworth, Knowles, Wilson, Cornell, Castles, and Pumpelly are, in order, the first six men to fill the backfield positions. With the possible exception of Corbin, Captain Ketcham is undoubtedly Yale's greatest centre in the history of the game. He is the first centre rush to captain since Corbin...
...Storer played a good but somewhat erratic game, once letting Hardwick get outside him for a 25-yard gain, but at another time throwing him behind the line for a 10-yard loss. On punts, he showed about the same speed as O'Brien in getting down under the ball...
...play started on the University's 25-yard line with the second team on the offensive. After three unsuccessful attempts to gain through the line. Blake dropped back and kicked a field goal from the 30-yard line. The University team then received a kick-off, and carried the ball straight down the field by consistent line-plunging, showing an attack somewhat more powerful than usual. Brickley finally carried the ball over for a touchdown...