Word: drops
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Before the game began no one would have known from the way Captain Knipe ran around the field that he was the man of whose playing there had been considerable doubt. The crowd was also astonished to see Brooke, the Pennsylvania fullback, drop several goals from the field at the 40-yard line...
Harvard clearly outplayed her opponent at every point; in team work, in punting and drop-kicking, and, in many cases, in individual playing. Yet Yale, by a combination of good luck, and questionable decisions of the officials of the game, not only defeated Harvard, but had some points to spare...
...drop-kicking, Fairchild was plainly superior to the Yale backs. His first was a beautiful try for a goal from the field, the ball striking the cross-bar squarely; the second was blocked, but the third went over the cross-bar midway between the posts...
...third position behind the line is filled by Fairchild and Jerrems respectively. Fairchild is rather light but is a fair punter and has shown some ability in drop-kicking. Jerrems played fine football as a freshman last year and by brilliant playing at the end of the season, has pushed his rival, Armstrong, out of the race for the position...
...Brewer is by no means the poor punter he has been considered for the past month, but he cannot punt as Butterworth does. Moreover, there is nobody on the Harvard team who can be relied upon to kick a goal from the field, while Butterworth is the most skillful drop kicker on any team today. Even he, however, rarely does better than one goal in three, so that he is not likely to try for a goal from the field unless hard pressed...