Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...backs, Dalton of the Navy, Thorpe of Carlisle, and Wendell of Harvard make an ideal backfield. Dalton is famous for his long, dodging runs in a broken field and is a reliable drop-kicker, having won the Army-Navy game for the last two years by this means. For the other halfback, Thorpe of Carlisle is unquestionably the man for the position. His placement kicking this season has been nothing short of phenomenal and makes him an especially valuable man in the present open style of football, as most of the big games this year have been won by goals...
Then after an end run had placed the ball immediately in front of the goalposts, Miller drop-kicked an easy goal. The Battery's goal was made by Wadsworth from the 30-yard line, late in the fourth period, after a 35-yard advance down the field. Beside these kicks, there were three other tries at goal, Battery A missing two and the Cadets...
...offence of each team showed weakness inside its opponents' danger zone. Harvard had four chances to score and plainly showed the need of either a sure drop-kicker or a heavier offence. Yale had two good chances, lost the first through inability to force Harvard's line followed by a poor pass when Howe was about to kick, and lost the second because Howe's drop-kick failed to go over the goal posts. It has been suggested that the new rules were largely responsible for these failures, but perhaps they should reflect more to the credit of the defence...
...once, and even then Howe was immediately forced to punt. The Crimson players started a march down the field that seemed to presage a victory. Starting on their 45-yard line, Reynolds and Wendell made furious rushes to Yale's 25-yard line where Potter tried his last drop-kick. During the entire period it seemed as if the Harvard attack was growing stronger as the Yale team weakened. The substitution of fresh men on the Blue team made no difference, and once Smith got away for a run that brought the stands to their feet. Potter received the ball...
...present time the chances of victory must be acknowledged to favor the Blue to a very slight degree, for the Yale team is an experienced set of players who have had little cause to worry from injuries and among whom is one of the best drop-kickers in the present-day game. But in spite of this a Crimson victory would not come as a surprise either to the supporters of the University team or to the general public which watches the game with keen interest. The Princeton, Carlisle, and Dartmouth games of the last three Saturdays have showed conclusively...