Word: getting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Greenebaum failed to gain and Gilder was thrown for a slight loss. On Gilder's drop kick, which followed, the ball was blocked, but recovered by Kelley for the second team on the eight yard line. After two slight gains Gilder again tried a drop kick, but failed to get the ball, as the pass was too high. Browne, however, secured the ball for the second eleven. With the ball on the 11-yard line, Somes and Greenebaum failed to gain and Gilder was forced back five yards. Greenebaum gained eight yards through right tackle, after which the first team...
...possibilities for the Harvard eleven. Harvard's touchdowns, two in each half, were made mainly by straight line rushing, although the onside kick was used on several occasions to great advantage. Punting, in which the University team had a slight advantage, was resorted to on nearly every kickoff to get the ball into the opponent's territory. The offence was the strongest that any Harvard team has shown so early in the season for many years. The defence, also, was good, for not once did the Amherst eleven make a first down. Penalties were not especially numerous, the Amherst team...
...Haven by the score of 51 to 0. Practically all through the game Yale's light, quick eleven outplayed the heavy Syracuse team by resorting to an open kicking game, for great gains were made on short kicks Yale men recovering the ball. Although the Syracuse eleven seemed to get off their plays with fair speed, Yale's strong secondary defence repeatedly stopped them before the necessary ten yards could be gained. T. Jones made several long runs, one the entire length of the field, carrying the ball from a kick-off over the line for a touchdown...
...whole the work was satisfactory. All the men showed a willingness to enter the game with spirit, and a fast signal practice resulted. The chief fault of the backs was their eagerness to get underway before the ball was passed...
...exercise choice are his studies and his friends. He should choose those studies in which he takes a live interest and in which, because of that interest, he will work with real pleasure and happiness. In that way, he will learn the pleasure of work and will get into the habit of doing work with lively interest. That attitude will be most valuable in after life, as everything worth while in the world is accomplished by work. Secondly, the new student should choose good companionship. He should choose an environment and surroundings that will lift him up and not drag...