Word: bloomerism
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...been offside and Yale had to kick-off again. Sawin returned this kick-off to Sharpe at Yale's fifty yard line. After three short line gains Sharpe circled right end for twenty yards, taking the ball to Harvard's thirty yard line. Short line plunges by Bloomer, Stillman and Hale then carried the ball slowly to the two yard line. Then Bloomer and Hale attacked the Harvard line for consecutive gains, and finally Bloomer scored the touchdown from the one foot line. Hale kicked the goal...
...carried to Harvard's thirty yard line, where Harvard got it for holding. On the next play Sawin punted to Sharpe on Yale's forty yard line. Sharpe fumbled, and Fincke picked up the ball and started down the field. He dodged several Harvard tacklers, made good use of Bloomer's interference, and crossed the line for a touchdown. Hale kicked the goal...
...five yard gain by Hale and a seven yard end run by Chadwick, Hallowell stopped Sharpe for a loss of five yards and Hale had to punt. Burnett was then substituted for Lee. Sawin punted at once to Yale's twenty yard line, and after several short plunges by Bloomer and Stillman time was called with the ball one Yale's thirty-three yard line.--Score: Yale, 12; Harvard...
...season and has proved entirely successful. The development of the line has been steady and consistent, but the back field has been uncertain, and at times slow. The inability to develop reliable halfbacks has made necessary the practice of having line men carry the ball. The tackles, especially Bloomer, have been very successful in line plunging. This tackles back formation, devised especially to overcome Harvard's defense at tackle, which is widely different from the tactics in use at Yale and Princeton, is the only new idea in Yale's style of play this fall. In general the policy this...
...teams will probably line up as follows: Harvard. Yale Hallowell, r.e. l.e., Gould. J. Lawrence, r.t. l.t., Bloomer. Barnard, r.g. l.g., Brown. Sargent, c. c., Olcott. Lee, l.g. r.g., Sheldon. Eaton, l.t. r.t., Stillman. Campbell, l.e. r.e., Coy. Daly, q.b. q.b., Fincke. Sawin, l.h.b. r.h.b., Chadwick. Kendall, r.h.h. l.h.b., Sharpe. El is, f.b. f.b., Hale...