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Dates: during 1900-1909
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The second half was less interesting, due to Yale's kicking tactics. After an exchange of kicks near the end of the half, Yale took the ball near the centre of the field and rushed it slowly down the field for the last score.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN LOST TO YALE | 11/19/1906 | See Source »

Dartmouth played a decidedly tricky and interesting game of football, the plays running rapidly from line bucks, criss-cross runs, and end runs to forward passes, onside kicks, and fake kicks from placement. Harvard, on the other hand, relied mainly on straight football, practically the only variations being forward passes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 22; DARTMOUTH, 9 | 11/19/1906 | See Source »

The five pieces in verse are as various in form as in subject. The author of "The Pickle of the Past," with a frank disclaimer of anything that makes for sentimentalism, gets down to the hardpan of wholesome boyish sentiment in a way that ought to delight his contemporaries; as...

Author: By C. R. Lanman., | Title: Advocate Reviewed by Prof. Lanman | 11/17/1906 | See Source »

In the preliminary work Burr, Parker, and Starr practiced goal kicking, and later Burr and Parker tried a few place kicks which were fairly successful. The backs had a thorough drill in catching the ball; the linemen received considerable coaching in their respective positions, and the ends ran down the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCELLENT WORK YESTERDAY | 11/15/1906 | See Source »

Lincoln secured the second touchdown after the ball had been kicked up and down the field several times. Osborne finally made a fair catch on the 35-yard line, and the ball was soon rushed over for the second score. Shortly after the third kick-off Newhall tried a drop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCELLENT WORK YESTERDAY | 11/15/1906 | See Source »

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