Word: ending
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Nevertheless Harvard's game was very encouraging, as it brought out the best football that has been seen on Soldiers Field this year. The defensive work of the team was unusually effective, as with the exception of a few end runs by Gammons, the line was found to be practically invulnerable. Swain showed up the most promisingly of the forwards. He was always in the game, and by his opening of holes on fake kicks, probably did as much as any one toward helping his backs on the long runs that these plays always netted. He was very aggressive...
...either starting a little ahead of the signals and thus making a change necessary, or of starting slowly. The weakness of the Brown line unquestionably covered up a good many slow starts. Dibblee played his usual star game, and by following his interference more closely, covered much ground on end plays. Sullivan made many good gains until he was injured and forced to leave the game. Aside from his deplorable failures at goal kicking, and his fumble of the second kick-off, Brown played a fair game, rushing hard and tackling strongly at times...
...scheme proposed would further sub-divide and dissipate activity in debating and would thus destroy the end at which it aimed...
...only upon the institution which can take pride in having produced them, but upon the whole country. It is to be remembered also, that only too frequently, popular recognition of such services is delayed until the services have been rendered and the work of the individual brought to an end...
...backs showed some improvement, although the interference at times was lamentably weak. Sawin was most unfortunate in being called upon for gains around the end when he practically had to run unprotected. Warren and Cabot played the best game for Harvard. Warren bucked the line with a great deal of force, punted well, and was sure on catching kicks. He is a fast and hard runner, as was clearly demonstrated when he picked up the ball on a fumble and left the whole field behind him for a run of 40 yards to the goal line...