Word: gained
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...game gave great opportunities to judge of the individual strength and weakness of the Harvard players. The most noticeable player was J. Lawrence. His charging was excellent, having none of the unsteadiness which spoiled his work early in the season, and showing more speed than before. He gained the advantage of his opponent on almost every play, followed the ball closely and was of great value in taking advantage of Pennsylvania's misplays. The only fault in his playing was his occasional failure to break up the interference which carried Hare around his end Sawin was another player who attracted...
McCracken made 2 yards gain and two tackle plays netted 4 yards. Harvard then held for downs on her 35 yard line...
...guards back was stopped for no gain at centre but on the next play, Hare got 4 yards through Barnard. McCracken made first down by a centre plunge and Penn. was given 10 yards for Hallowell's offside play. Then on the first end run by Penn. Hare went around Hallowell for a touchdown. On Hare's try for goal the ball hit the post and rebounded...
Ristine went in at Hallowell's place. Line plays failed to gain and Stillman punted beautifully to Penn's 25 yard line...
...secret practice before the Carlisle game they worked hard at the defense, but the results were not satisfactory. The men were slow and careless, and the entire line was upset in the Carlisle game by a few simple tricks. Besides this, the Indians were able to gain fairly consistently on straight plays, especially around the ends. Since then, however, the ends have improved considerably, and it is probable that they are now as strong as last year. During the past week, the work of the line men has been devoted to defensive work against the guards back formation; and although...