Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...answer to a call for candidates by the captain of the Harvard 'varsity crew only nine men presented themselves in the trophy room of the Gymnasium last night. At the close of the rowing season last July there were probably nearer nine hundred men ready to grumble and find fault with the management. Such a condition of affairs is a disgrace to the college, all the worse coming as it does when Harvard has a captain who has generously sacrificed an immense amount of time in his efforts to improve our rowing affairs. There seems...
Ninety-Eight Eleven.The freshman football candidates lined up in two elevens yesterday afternoon and went through some hard practice. The inexperience of all the men was very prominent and Coach Forbes was often forced to stop the play and show the men their individual faults. The blocking off was very loose and the backs made futile attempts to follow the ragged interference. The men have not learned to tackle well and often catch the runner above the shoulders, which was a very prominent fault. The second eleven was managed well and made good gains through the first eleven's centre...
...playing was very uncertain. At times the 'varsity would gain fifteen or twenty yards by a compact interference, and again their backs would be downed with loss. This was due to the fact that each player does not yet understand his part in the work of blocking off. This fault can be done away with only by practice...
...every week. The new system of developing material has proved a great success and now only the best of the candidates remain with the squad. The number of men has been reduced to two elevens and the coaches are now busily engaged in perfecting their team work. The greatest fault the men have lies in their slowness and in their inability to follow the ball. The centre men are especially poor in these particulars. At present the rush line is very weak and a good deal of coaching will be required to bring it into proper form...
...great fault which nobody failed to notice was the total lack of team play. There was a vague looseness which accompanied every rush. Each man seemed to strike out for himself regardless of his fellow-players. This was especially true of the backs, whose interference and blocking off were most ragged. They received little support from the linemen, as their time was often occupied in holding their opponents, for which Harvard paid the penalty of ten yards time and again...