Word: behind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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LOST, on the sixteenth of November, a black Columbia bicycle, No. 10, 838. No questions asked if returned to the owner, C. Royce, 103 Irving street, Cambridge. Taken from behind Sever Hall between...
...enabled to make fine 15 and 25 yard runs. Late in the practice however he was struck so hard by the opposing ends that he was compelled to leave the field in favor of Mills. The latter bucked the line hard and did fair work in the interference. Behind the line Dibblee was always sure of long gains and dodged with such skill that he gained repeatedly after he had been virtually downed. At centre Doucette played hard and fast and repulsed centre attacks inevitably with a loss of ground...
...first time this season Mills was tried behind the line at fullback. It has been thought that advantageous results might be obtained by making this change. Haughton would then play tackle on the offence, while on the defense Mills would go back to his regular position. By this plan Harvard would be practically as strong in the line on the offensive, while behind the line Mills shows all the qualifications of a hard line-bucker. There was also a reversal of positions among the substitute ends, Richardson and Bull changing places...
Taken as a whole the practice was decidedly encouraging and gave decisive evidence that even a team composed largely of substitutes can play a hard, fast game, with energy and determination behind them...
...this season's practice showed Yale's new material in good form. The two requisites for a 'varsity eleven-a heavy line and a set of strong fast backs-formed a team with admirable spirit and dash. Their great handicap was the absence of old 'varsity players in or behind the line. In the first game of the season with Trinity, which Yale won 10 to 0, the general impression was that Yale was playing a fast game and showing up better than at the same time last year. The second game, in which Wesleyan was defeated...