Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Wendell makes three yards through Yale's left side. Potter, standing on the 25-yard line, tries an unsuccessful goal from field. Yale puts the ball in play on the 25-yard line and Spalding failed to gain. Camp fails also on a fake punt, and then punts outside bounds on Yale's 42-yard line. Potter tries an onside kick, which was recovered by Howe on Yale's 20-yard line. Camp makes three yards through Harvard's left tackle. Camp punts to Campbell on Harvard's 45-yard line. Reynolds goes in for Campbell. Wendell makes eight yards...
Princeton played a cautious game throughout, continually trying to drive Yale back by punting. The ball was kept in Princeton territory almost continually, and a gain on almost every exchange was made only to be lost on a fumble at the critical moment. Captain Howe made try after try for a field-goal and succeeded only once in getting the ball over.11Captain Howe of Yale...
...Jones, Berna and Withington, were in the lead. These three continued to keep together, Withington generally setting the pace, until after the four mile mark was passed. Then Jones took the lead and began to lengthen out the distance between himself and Berna and Berna in turn began to gain on Withington. Before long Withington had dropped behind McCurdy, and in the last half mile was passed by Harmon...
...drop kick but the pass was poor and Leslie and Smith threw for a loss, the ball going to Harvard on downs. Yale penalized 5 yards for offside. Felton punts to Howe at midfield. Philbin made 5 yards through Harvard's left guard, Philbin's end run failed to gain and Howe punted to Campbell on Harvard's 20-yard line. Felton returned the kick to Howe who was tackled in his tracks. Yale was penalized 15 yards for interference within 80-yard zone Harvard still retained ball. Wendell failed to gain on a line plunge. Felton again punted...
...first and last a fighting team and under the strain of a championship game is likely to do the unexpected. In the Harvard game Princeton showed itself perhaps the best defensive team in the East, and so far this season Yale has uncovered no attack sufficiently powerful to gain through such a defence. Princeton, as well, has been weak offensively, as was proved by its failure to make any headway against Harvard and Dartmouth. A weak offence against a strong defence means a kicking game, and, although Yale has been developing this style of play, the men will find themselves...