Word: game
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Parker, Macdonald, Pierce and Giblet not being in the lineup at all, it showed greater possibilities, both offensively and defensively, than heretofore. Forward passes were used frequently and there was a noticeably improvement in the way the men handled them. The tendency, which was so glaring in the Maine game, to hurl the ball wildly without regard for the man who was to recover it, seems to have been corrected, for the time being, at least, and there was very little armless parsing in yesterday's practice...
...Cutting substituted for Giblet at right halfback, where he played on the 1000 Freshman team. he was in every play and dicks a hole as well as any man on the squad. There seems to be plenty of men for the backfield positions but, with Wendell out of the game, the best combination at present is none too strong. Lockwood is probably the fastest man on the squad and when he can clued the opposing ends is a hard man to catch. Giblet plays a hard game and is a conscientious worker. At present his difficulty seems...
...substitute ends, Bird and Forster, and Inches, who substituted Hoar at right tackle, put up fully as good a game as the first string men. Inches was down the field well under punts and was right after the ball all the time. Burr played his new position at tackle well, but was considerably handicapped by his inexperience in that position. Grant at centre played a very quick game, followed the ball well and blocked a kick which Inches secured for a touchdown. Starr, who started at quarterback, ran the team with life and dash and ran back punts for substantial...
...side kick and ran around right end, but with three yards loss. Vickery gained two yards around left end. Waterbury received Higgins' punt. Inches gained 10 yards through tackle. Gregory's on-side kick was caught by Gilmore, who downed it on Maine's 30-yard line. The game ended with the ball in Maine's possession on their 15-yard line, after Newhall's forward pass...
...University second eleven played a tie game with Phillips Andover Academy at Andover Saturday, neither side being able to score. Andover kept the second team on the defensive throughout the game and several times was within scoring distance only to lose the ball on fumbles...