Word: getting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...showed a tendency to shirk by taking out time for trivial injuries. There was a surprising amount of fumbling, holding and off side play, which is scarcely to be expected from a team which has held so much practice. The linemen played too high and failed to get their full strength into the charging, while the backs ran so high that they were easily stopped. The whole eleven was unsuccessful in getting the jump in defensive play, and the second team made several good line gains on this account...
Kendall, Sawin, Campbell, and Hallowell were on the field dressed to play, but did not get into the games and only took some light exercise. Ellis was not present and Captain Daly had to use crutches to get around. P. D. Haughton '99 was on the field again, and most of the game was devoted to punting in order to let him coach Stillman in this particular. He and Stillman went in on opposite sides in the game and had several punting duels, although they did no playing...
...quick and active, and put plenty of spirit into his play, but was unsteady in his passing. Once he passed the ball back over Daly's head and several other times he sent the ball so low that only very quick work by the punter made it possible to get the ball away. In the back field Harvard had an excellent combination in Sawin, Kendall and Ellis. Sawin was successful on end runs, Kendall could be used to advantage against the tackles while Ellis could be depended upon in bucking the centre. Although not so successful as Sawin in making...
When the actual playing did begin the choice of the first eleven proceeded very slowly. All the men were given a good chance and every effort was made to get the very best man for each place. This stage of the choice of material has continued until this week and the final disposition of the men has been uncertain in a majority of the cases...
...players went on, little attempt was made to develop team play. The men were brought into the best possible form of individual play and it was not until then that the modelling of the team as a whole began. Just before the Bates game, however, the coaches began to get the most promising candidates to work together, especially on the defense. W. H. Lewis L. S. '95 and B. G. Waters '95 took up this and in the secret practice before the Carlisle game they worked hard at the defense, but the results were not satisfactory. The men were slow...