Word: block
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Cumnock's play was very fine in tackling. making holes, and blocking. Upton's work was also good while Cranston tackled very strongly. Tilton and P. Trafford dropped on the ball well, and their general play was steady. Stickney was playing a remarkably good game when he was ruled off, and Blanchard who took his place made some strong rushes, but did not block so well. Hutchinson was slow in dropping on the ball, but he made some good tackles although allowing a man to run around his end once or twice. Hallowell who substituted him the second half...
...LOWELL.Skinner, L. S., Thompson, Lamont, and Cummin, will please be at 7 Littles block today at 4 p. m. Important business...
...POWERS, Captain.19 Shepard's Block...
...weak points. The greatest fault was in the unsteady play; at times the eleven did brilliant work, playing a quick, sharp game, and breaking through and tackling well. At other times, however, affairs were just reversed; the men were slow in dropping on the ball, allowed themselves to be blocked off easily, and failed to hold well in the rushline. There was repeated confusion from a misunderstanding of the signals by the rushline, and the backs frequently went in direct opposition to their signals. Both sides played largely a kicking game, and in punting Hall, Wesleyan's fullback, was superior...
Pennsylvania presented a strong team and Harvard had much harder work to win than the score indicates. Harvard's general play was somewhat disappointing. At times her work was brilliant while at others it was extremely loose. The rush line failed to block well, and Pennsylvania had little trouble in finding holes in it. The tackling except on the part of 3 or 4 men was high and at times far from effective. The blocking off all through the game was weak and much poorer than that in the Wesleyan game of a week ago. In the rush line Hutchinson...