Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...things their own way. In the first minutes they scored twice, but then weakened again, and let the play center around their own goal as in the first half. The Pennsylvania team then fought their way to the University's goal several times, and Hough finally slipped the ball...
...with the Brown second team yesterday afternoon. What should have been a victory for the Crimson team was lost by a piece of hard luck. Towards the end of the third period N. P. Johnson '17 made a 15-yard pass to T. A. West '18, who caught the ball in the forward pass zone over the goal line, but because the ball had grazed the goal post, the touchdown was disallowed on a technicality...
...carries them forward when tackled and are exceedingly difficult to down in the open. On a dry field the attack is at its best. On a wet turf it lacks the punch and brilliancy that marks its work on firm footing, due to the principle folowed in advancing the ball off tackle or around...
...upon the Crimson the handicap of these factors. What Nassau expected to happen did happen. The Harvard backs found themselves by the adverse conditions, and later, when positions were reversed, the Tigers found themselves in similar plight. But this, of course, offers no alibis for the fumbling of the ball on plays into the line. Both teams committed this fault, without evil effect, however, except in one instance, when a fumble by Casey stopped a brilliant Harvard advance, and at the same time threw the Princetonians, who had recovered the ovoid, loose into the open. Had the right back secured...
...Casey, of Harvard, is one of the best backs in the East, even though he does not hold onto the ball very well. Harvard's line play, from tackle to tackle, was superb. The two ends, Coolidge and Harte, did fine work on attack and defence. They were good, if not brilliant, on downfield work, and did acceptably, if not brilliantly, in protecting their wings. All things considered, the rival lines had pretty much of an even break of it. The Harvard backfield, aside from kicking, was superior to the Princeton backfield. Harvard did her share of ballchanging and thimble...