Word: forward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...breaking through work for the line men. Kennard did some punting. Burr was not in the play yesterday on account of a bad cold. In the second scrimmage between the substitutes and the second team, the former scored and held the second team well. Galatti got off some good forward passes to Harding, and Long, Minot and Pope did good work for the second team. Smith and Forchheimer were both injured in the scrimmage...
Practice for the University football squad yesterday was entirely secret, and was very short and light. Some new onside kick and forward pass formations were tried out, but there was no regular signal work. Kennard and Smith did the onside kicking, and Kennard practiced punting. The backs had a short starting practice, but the greater part of the men were given a complete rest and merely practiced handling the ball...
...field goals by heeling punts for fair catches. In the second half, however, Yale's reserve force told and Coy was pushed across the line for the only touchdown, the goal from which he kicked. Yale played "straight football" throughout, and what use they intend to make of the forward pass and onside kick in later games was not apparent. Coy's work was a great factor in Yale's victory...
...backs and running through signals. Crowley and Browne ran down on punts, and D. C. Campbell '02 gave the substitute ends some special coaching. The University team was given practice in lining up quickly on defensive formations and then ran through signals for twenty-five minutes, the forward pass receiving particular attention. McGuire was in Burr's place at left guard, but otherwise the team was the same as that which will start the game today...
...paid to physical culture and gymnastic work of all kinds, and many of the students on graduation step into positions as athletic instructors in the Association's houses. The results of such a general all-around athletic training were marked last year, particularly in developing the new game of forward passes, onside kicks, and open formations to a high degree of efficiency. Such was the case last year and we are ready to expect the same today...