Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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With a few exceptions the forward pass worked well for both elevens whenever it was tried, but on the onside kick only once was successfully used. Newhall's work in running the University eleven was excellent, particularly in the second half, when he carried the ball into striking distance by the aid of Burr's repeated punts. Starr, who replaced Macdonald at right end in the second half, played a fast game and was better in every respect than either of the other men who played at end. Burr and Kersburg were the main reliance of the University eleven...
...yard line, where Lockwood lost it on a fumble. Brown failed to gain and punted, Newhall signalling for a fair catch on the 51-yard line. As Hazard interfered with the catch Harvard was given the ball on the 36-yard line. Macdonald made 21 yards on a forward pass, which enabled Wendell to score Harvard's only touchdown. Burr narrowly missed the goal...
Before the scrimmage three teams, formed from the University squad had signal practice, which consisted of work on the forward pass, the onside kick, and a few of the newest plays. Foster tried several goals from placement behind the line of scrimmage which worked well in spite of the strong wind...
...line. As the second team failed to gain Graydon punted, Newhall downing the ball for the University eleven in the middle of the field. In two plays the team carried the ball to the 20-yard line, Wendell making 25 yards through centre, and Macdonald 10 more on a forward pass. After a few short gains Wendell, who was given the ball on the 15-yard line, rushed it through centre for the third and last touchdown. The ball was not caught on Newhall's punt...
...rain yesterday afternoon which made the field extremely slippery, the University football squad had a fairly long scrimmage. In the first half, which was of 20 minutes duration, the University eleven scored one touchdown on the second team. Foster made the only score after gaining 20 yards on a forward pass by Newhall. Later the first team substitutes and the second eleven had a 15-minute scrimmage in which Hall made the only touchdown for the substitutes on a 95-yard quarter-back run. The game was very open, more than half the plays being forward passes or onside kicks...