Word: center
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ball was nearing the crimson goal and Harvard grew anxious. Heffelfinger tried to go through the center, but Mackie stopped him. Then Winter bucked through for a gain and McCormick made a dash between Hartwell and Wallis...
Yale's Quick Touchdown.Yale had the ball only two yards from Harvard's goal. Stanley Morison was called back of the line to run with the ball. Down went his head for the Harvard center and the touchdown was made. Yale's beautiful play had won them a score in just three and one-half minutes after the game began. No goal...
Harvard's center was proving far stronger than the other parts of the rushline, and McCormick and Heffelfinger couldn't make a yard through it. Bliss punted, and Corbett made a fair catch in the middle of the field...
...week. The eleven were not so heavy as their opponents, yet, by their superior team work they scored more than twice as much. The line blocked off well, and tackled well, and no one could find fault with them if they had only broken through better, especially in the center and at the right end. But they do not break through well enough yet, and they must improve more than a little in this particular if they expect to do anything with the Yale freshmen and those nine men from the 'varsity training table; time and again yesterday...
...greatest difficulties in the way of getting up a strong team is the lack of heavy men. Not a candidate thus far has presented himself who weighed as much as one hundred and eighty pounds who knew anything about the game or showed signs of future capability. The center of the line under the present circumstances cannot be strong enough to cope with a team which will draw nine men from the Yale 'varsity training table...