Word: block
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...proverbial swallow makes a summer; you must train your eleven to play foot-ball and not puss-in the-corner; your rushers must run with the ball and not let the half-backs do all the work; or, if they want the half-backs to score, they must block like men and not give way at every rush. Another evident point of weakness seems to be failure to drop on the ball in a scrimmage; Yale men as a rule rather like to do this than other-wise, and any team that wants to win must learn...
Tutoring in Pol. Econ. 4. Wm. W. Nolen, 6 Little's Block...
Tutoring in Pol. Econ. 4. Wm. W. Nolen, 6 Little's Block...
Tutoring in Pol. Econ. 4. Wm. W. Nolen, 6 Little's Block...
...keeps his eyes open. On the whole he is about as good as any man in the rush line. Butler is slow in getting through. He runs hard and follows the ball well; but is apt to lose his head a little. Wood backs up well, and blocks and gets through fairly well, but he fumbles badly and tackles very high. Brooks understands the position of centre-rush, and runs his team well. His chief fault is that he relies too much on his strength, tackling high. Woodman is slow in getting through, and fails to follow the ball...