Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of the wet and heavy ball, both Sands and Snow punted fairly well. During the first half neither team's de- fence was particularly strong, but in the second half the Cadets tightened up and did not permit a single first down. Their line played well together and opened up big holes for the backs...
...Cadets touchdowns directly resulted from Battery A fumbles and quick following of the ball. In this department the Battery appeared very weak. The Cadet backs took no chances and made fair catches in receiving punts, and offensively the smoothness with which the plays were executed precluded the danger of fumbles...
...held their opponents for downs but the subsequent punt was a short one and Ross, of the Cadets, made a fair catch on the 40-yard line. R. G. Hadley '20, who was at right tackle for the Cadets, tried for a goal from the field but missed, the ball hitting Sands, the Battery quarterback. Cannon, who played end for the Cadets, fell on the ball on the five-yard line, and Snow went over for a touchdown on the next play. R. Hadley '20 kicked the goal...
...contest between Horween and Legore with the honors about equally divided, and finally a second Yale rush to the Crimson goal. Legore made 25 yards around right end, the University was penalized five yards for being off-side, and a pass, Legore to Gates, netted 14 more, placing the ball on the University's seven-yard line. Yale could not advance, however, and before Legore could throw an attempted pass on fourth down, G. C. Caner '17 broke through and ran him back ten yards, giving the University the ball...
Yale took no chances in the final period and played a waiting game, letting the University spend all its energies on an attempt to advance by forward passing, all to no avail. The game ended with the ball in Yale's possession on her own 47-yard line...