Word: farness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tendency to get offside. He also uses his arms too freely in blocking. Mills, who has the capacity of making one of the best football players in college, mars his brilliant work by continued offside penalties and by allowing himself to be pocketed or drawn through so far as to leave a hole. He runs with the ball with excellent speed and judgment, and would make a good halfback...
...also her strength in straight-away offensive football. During the week following the game with Brown the work was confined to strengthening the line and the whole defensive play. The result of this was encouragingly apparent in the Carlisle Indian game. Yale's defense was much stronger but still far from perfect. The week before the West Point contest was used in practicing a method for breaking up mass plays, but the work went for nothing when the team lined up against the Cadets. Saturday's game with the Chicago Athletic Association on the other hand demonstrated that the university...
...well both in punting and rushing with the ball. In bucking the line he played low and hard and was always quick to take the holes opened up by the forwards. Jaynes, who succeeded him in the second half, hardly had time to distinguish himself, though his kicking far outdistanced Willing's. Ellis, at right halfback, followed his interference closely and showed himself clearly the best back on the eleven. Ellis and Kendall are responsible for all the long runs with the exception of one of Reid's on a "fake" kick...
...Pennsylvania team has so far played two important games, one with the Pennsylvania Military Academy, which the Academy won 4-0, and one with Cornell 1901, which Cornell won 6-0. The team is working hard to retrieve these two defeats and the men will enter the game today determined to do their best...
...grounds of the club were tried for the first time yesterday afternoon. They are far superior to the old both because of their nearness, and more especially because they are beyond the reach of the high run of tides, which sometimes covered the old shooting platform three or four inches deep. The new house is a more permanent structure and is fitted with all necessary convenfences. The traps were stiff and needed adjustment, but will be working perfectly very shortly...