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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...responsible for the dissatisfying result than any other factor. The weakening of the offence by the ten yard rule and the prohibition of all pushing and pulling of the man with the ball has made it very hard for a team to make first down against an opponent its equal in strength when the play is in the middle of the field, and well-nigh impossible when close to the goal-line. For this reason most of the scoring between evenly matched teams during the fall has been made through field goals. When touchdowns have been scored they have resulted...
...touchdown has really been eliminated from matches between teams of nearly equal strength, as appears to be the case, ought not something be done to make up for it? A great deal of deliberation should come first, but we believe that some change should be made to increase the chance of scoring. In general there are two ways by which this result can be accomplished. The first, by decreasing the distance to be gained, for first down, or increasing the number of downs, it would be possible to bring back the old-style rushing game and frequent scores by touchdown...
Francis at left guard is not the equal of McDevitt nor is he such a rangy player as is usually found at this position on Yale teams. He was outplayed by Duff in the Princeton game, but in Duff he met probably, the best guard of the year...
...best of Yale's material for this position. Although a big man, he has developed in his work down the field and in this department of the game was a surprise even to his friends in the Princeton game. Avery at left end, while not the equal of Bomeisler, has shown good development both in blocking and in tackling. Not only have Bomeisler and Avery developed rapidly during the past fortnight in the offensive game, but also in the defensive game, in which they were successful in turning in such ends as White and Dunlap of Princeton and thereby giving...
Francis at left guard is not the equal of McDevitt nor is he such a rangy player as is usually found at this position on Yale teams. He was outplayed by Duff in the Princeton game, but in Duff he met probably, the best guard of the year...