Word: drops
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...corner; your rushers must run with the ball and not let the half-backs do all the work; or, if they want the half-backs to score, they must block like men and not give way at every rush. Another evident point of weakness seems to be failure to drop on the ball in a scrimmage; Yale men as a rule rather like to do this than other-wise, and any team that wants to win must learn to do it, whether they like...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - I would respectfully suggest to young "Hopeful," that perhaps the upperclassmen are not as anxious for the honor of his acquaintance as he seems to think. But why is he so modest? Why does he not "drop in" on juniors and seniors, as (he implies) they take the liberty of doing on him? No doubt they would try to endure him for a half an hour or so, if only to experience a delightful feeling of relief after he is gone. But another alternative also suggests itself. It would be a great honor to the class...
...great deal and do not judge a high punt well, especially if there is any wind. They are very leisurely about getting under way when they start to run, and they do not back up each other. None of the backs are remarkable for the accuracy of their drop kicks in a game; though Porter has once kicked a goal from the field. In spite of this pleasant reminiscence the fact still remains that we have no one in college who can kick as Watkinson of Yale can, or as Moffatt of Princeton, used to. Kicking goals from touchdowns...
...result that the other half-back dodges two or three of them and gets pretty well up the field again before he is stopped. Then everybody in the rush line, almost without exception, tackles too high, though there has been some improvement in this of late. The rush line drop on the ball better than they did, and have about got over their favorite trick of three weeks ago, of dropping with great force and style, only to find that the ball was no longer there, a practice which was amusing to the spectators; but rather demoralizing to anything like...
...other kind of entertainment, as I know well that most of us demand no more than that we should be allowed to mingle on terms of equality with the older fellows. I am sure that we freshmen are always glad to have any junior or senior (except subscription fiends, drop in on us, and if we have any good things we are willing to share them. Now why is not this feeling reciprocated? We have punches in the beginning of the year, why are none ever given to us? Why are we treated as if we were children, while those...