Word: forward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...than in the Groton game. Brickley made a touchdown in the first period after a series of line plunges, and Withington kicked the goal. The second team came within scoring distance only once, when they brought the ball to the 25-yard line by a series of well-executed forward passes...
...score game and being defeated last Saturday by the Springfield Training School, 6 to 3. In the latter game Williams out-rushed Springfield and showed better defensive play than its opponents, holding them to two first downs. Springfield's score was the direct result of an intercepted forward pass. The team has been coached by Fred Daly, captain of the Yale team last year, and is well versed in the fundamentals of the game. Nagle at left half is the individual star of the team, his game being marked by sensational runs in the broken field...
...wealth of fast backfield and end material, and a line strong on the defence but sluggish on the offence. Judging from the games played with Rutgers and Villa Nova the team is admirably fitted for the open game. Both of these Princeton won, chiefly through end runs and forward passes, beating Rutgers 37 to 0 and Villa Nova 31 to . Due to the slowness of the forwards in making holes, however, the backfield has been able to gain practically nothing on line plays. The linemen need practice badly in this respect...
...excellent shape and the game with the Massachusetts Agricultural College on Saturday, which Brown won by the score of 26 to 0, gave the two Harvard football men who saw the contest somewhat of an idea of the excellent way in which the Brown team can run off the forward pass. Especial emphasis has been placed on this department of the game within the last two weeks. In the Wednesday game there appeared some weaknesses in the line, and for a few minutes on Saturday the Massachusetts backs were able to tear up the Brown tackle and guard positions. When...
Practice for the Freshman football squad was stiff yesterday afternoon. It included the usual drill in running down under punts and practice in breaking through for Squad A were coached in the forward pass. A short blackboard talk by Coach Dewey for the first string men was followed by a period of work on the dummies. Then the team was drilled in formations, the players simply walking through the plays. After a snappy signal practice, a stiff twenty five minute scrimmage was held in which the men showed good form and speed...