Word: game
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...signals. Mr. Belliveau interprets them and directs the half-dozen men who are stationed behind the score-board; they, in turn, set the various signs. Here everything is worked down to a science; if you wish to see hustling but efficient activity, spend a few minutes during a game behind the score-board. Each man has a certain thing to do, a certain part of the board to adjust. If he does the work of anyone else he has committed an unpardonable blunder. And, above all, no deviation from the orders given by Mr. Belliveau is tolerated, no matter...
...Boston College disaster seemed to have been a good lesson for the Yale eleven. Up to the Princeton game, they appeared to have developed a well-drilled, hard-hitting, aggressive machine...
Last Saturday's game again throws doubt on the strength of the Elis. Collectively and individually the Yale eleven was in a decided slump against Princeton. That they will recover from it today and return to their mid-season form, seems more than likely...
Despite a 20-0 victory over the light Springfield team, the outcome of Yale's first game gave anxiety to her supporters and an opportunity to her critics for belittling her attack. Every sporting writer in the Eastern cities topped his story of the game with heads such as, "Yale's Attack Proves Weak," "Elis Held for Downs." They said that, although Yale's defense was seemingly strong, it had been developed at the expense of its attack; that its attack was blunt and ineffective; that its aerial work was neglible; in short, that Doctor Sharpe had been unsuccessful...
Little significance could be attached to the results of the North Carolina game. Although the Bull Dog showed a somewhat improved attack in tallying 34 points, the Southerners were even weaker than the Springfield aggregation. The visitors' lone touchdown was due not to the weakness of the Yale defense but to an unusual circumstance; one of their backs scooped up the ball, which had bounced back from the goal post after an attempted field goal, and carried it across for a touchdown before the amazed Elis had realized what had happened...