Word: forward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Before the open practice the University squad had a half hour's secret practice in the cage, which consisted of defensive work on the part of the first team against the attacks of the second eleven, forward passes and onside kicks being the chief plays used by the latter. Later, in the Stadium, before the opening of the gates, there was a 10-minute scrimmage between the first and second elevens in which no attempt was made to score. The work was full of life and showed that the men are in excellent shape. In the open practice, the signal...
...punts were excellent and should be of great service to the team on Saturday. In order to make the men start together there was a long signal drill by the first two elevens. Later the University team lined up against the second team for defensive work on kicks and forward passes, but there was no scrimmage. In the signal practice the plays were run off smoothly and the work was snappy. In the defensive work the men showed the effects of past practice in preventing the successful use of the forward pass and the onside kick by opponents. Kersburg...
...Dartmouth team. Wendell ran back the kick-off from the six to the 25-yard line. After a short gain Newhall punted to Greenwood on Dartmouth's 47-yard line. Dartmouth was set back to the 32-yard line for holding, after which Pritchard downed the ball on a forward pass on the 40-yard line. McDevitt punted to Newhall on Harvard's 36-yard line, and on the next play Gilder fumbled, Dartmouth securing the ball. After the backs had rushed the ball 14-yards, McDevitt tried another goal from placement on which the ball barely failed to cross...
...Newhall and Mason for Gilder on Harvard's team, while for Dartmouth. Heneage replaced Driver and Blake, Pevear. During the rest of the time Dartmouth played an extremely fast game. After getting the ball on their own 22-yard line on the kick-off, the eleven carried it steadily forward to Harvard's 19-yard line, where McDevitt tried a field floal which failed. Hatherway went in for Greenwood, and Steward replaced Stuart for Dartmouth, and Gilmore went in for Kersburg on the University eleven. Hall kicked out to the 49-yard line, from where the Dartmouth team carried...
...next kick-off Lang of Dartmouth ran 55-yards through the Harvard team, being finally tackled by Osborne on the 45-yard line. By means of three fierce line bucks and one forward pass the ball was carried to the 17-yard line, where McDevitt tried another goal from placement. The ball was blocked, but regained by Lang on the nine-yard line just as time was called...