Word: drop-kicking
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When Ralph Horween's drop-kick in 1916 defeated Princeton by a scan three points, there were few who would have predicted that Harvard would wait seven years for a chance to celebrate another victory over the Tigers. But seven years made the victory on Saturday all the more magnificent; no words written in quiet retrospect can add luster to such a triumph. But every Harvard man who saw the game will long treasure the picture of a splendid eleven fighting as the under dog, outplaying itself, deter mined to accept nothing but victory" and in the end winning that...
Eastman's block and subsequent recovery of the Yale placement kick was another outstanding bit of Crimson playing, and this was responsible for Pfaffman's perfect 25-yard drop-kick which ended the scoring and gave the University a safe seven point lead...
...placed the Crimson in scoring position. A moment later he himself carried the ball over the goal line. His excellent defensive work also was one of the chief reasons why the Bulldog failed to gain a touchdown, and was five times compelled to attempt a score by the precarious drop-kick method...
...Hearn and Jordan netted 29 yards and placed the ball within five yards of the Crimson goal, but the last three of these plays gained only five yards and made it fourth down with five yards still to go. O'Hearn dropped back to the 15-yard mark and attempted an easy drop-kick which failed by inches...
...entire game. Owen and Hammond gained 16 yards in three plunges through the line for first down. Gehrke was stopped short but Owen reeled off another nine yards. Then Hammond lost five yards on a fumble and Coach Fisher sent in Pfaffman, who dropped back to the 25-yard line and sent over a drop-kick directly between the goal posts...