Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Yale-Princeton game last Saturday, which ended in a remarkable 6 to 6 tie, was a splendid example of defensive football at its best. Neither team could gain consistently when within its opponents' 25-yard line and as a result both chose to try goals from the field rather than attempt to rush the ball across the line. Both teams played safe, few tricks or end formations being tried. Princeton absolutely abandoned the forward pass. Yale used the pass several times with but little success...
...efforts to remedy them. Since the Princeton game, then, all plans have been laid and carried out with a view to winning from Harvard. This being the final game, the Dartmouth eleven will put forth every effort and use every style of play it has mastered in order to gain the victory. It is by no means the same team that met defeat at the hands of Princeton. Changes have been made which have strengthened the playing combination, and today the Dartmouth team is a powerful, aggressive, and fast machine, capable of varying its attack and sure to profit...
...defence, both the second team and Freshman being given the ball for long periods at a time against the varsity. Considerable improvement has taken place in the line's strength in this respect and the Yale coaches feel certain that neither Princeton nor Harvard will be able to gain consistently on straight line rushes. Few injuries have hampered the work of the team. The end positions which have been alternated frequently will probably be played by Bomeisler and Avery, while Wheeler will start at quarterback. Cornell has recently been playing at halfback where he has appeared to advantage...
...drill than usual and then the substitutes lined up against the seconds, scoring on them several times. A ten-minute scrimmage, substitutes against regulars, followed in which the new formations were run off well, despite a number of fumbles. An end run by L. Curtis and a 20-yard gain through left tackle by Mahan scored two touchdowns...
...fast and heavy football team from the battleship Nebraska defeated the University second team yesterday by a score of 13 to 7 in a rather ragged game. The navy eleven, whose line averaged 200 pounds from tackle to tackle, was able to gain through the second's defence practically at will. In addition it used the forward pass to great advantage, working it successfully for long gains six times out of seven. There was frequent fumbling on both sides...