Word: drop
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...kickers Princeton has Penfield and Baker. Penfield is a punter of high order, and both men have been fairly suc- cessful at drop-kicking under actual scrimmage conditions...
Reilly, Spalding and Philbin will remain the first set of backs till after the West Point game. Reilly's fault is slowness, but he is powerful and in the plunging role has made good. Spalding is the best end runner and one of the best punters and drop-kickers of the squad. Philbin is approaching form and, as a dodging and a plunging back, gives promise of proving one of the most valuable members of the team. Anderson, the former Wisconsin back, is the hardest line forcer of the team, but fails to get his signals straight and to follow...
Early in the second period Potter succeeded in getting off a beautiful onside kick which was recovered by Rogers on Holy Cross's 15-yard line. On the next play Harvard was penalized 15 yards for a very doubtful case of hurdling. Potter then dropped back to the 40-yard line, from whree he kicked a clean drop-kick between the posts. This proved to be the last score of the game. Score...
...pass from O'Brien. Whalen then passed to O'Brien, who dashed down the field for 30 yards, dodging several crimson players and not stopping until he had reached Harvard's 15-yard line. Two attempted plunges were smothered by an impregnable defence. Holy Cross tried a drop-kick but a poor pass and fast work by the University line stopped the play almost as soon as started and gave the ball to Harvard on downs. An exchange of kicks had as usual netted the University team about 20 yards, when time was called with the ball in Holy Cross...
...Wigglesworth and O'Brien left the ball in Harvard's possession on Holy Cross's 25-yard line. A 5-yard penalty for offside and an uncompleted forward pass made it third down on the 30-yard line. Wigglesworth, standing 40 yards from the goal sent a straight drop-kick which looked sure to score. The ball, however, hit the cross-bar and bounded back. The University team was penalized several times for offside play in this period. Late in the period Wigglesworth made the longest run of the game, taking back a punt 45 yards far into Holy Cross...