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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Dartmouth was fully as weak as was expected. The general work of Proctor, especially his punting, was the feature of the playing of the team. Boyle's work under kicks was good and especially so in the second half. At times the Dartmouth backs would show the spirit in line bucking that made them so much feared two years ago. On the defense, however, the centre of the line was weak...
...they attempted to pick up the ball on fumbles instead of dropping on it. These errors and frequent offsides gave the ball to Dartmouth at critical times, and prevented much scoring by Harvard. The whole eleven tackled poorly. In contrast to the other points of play, the punting was good. Hallowell's kicks in general were high and long, but nevertheless, he fumbled the ball twice when passed back to him by Sargent. Considering the conditions, Sargent's passing was very good...
Dartmouth kicked off and Fincke returned the kick to Dartmouth's 50 -- yard line, where Proctor fumbled the ball and Ellis dropped on it. Here followed the only good football of the day. The Harvard backs, especially Ellis hurdled the line for long gains. Ellis finally scored and Lawrence kicked the goal. On exchanges of kicks, the Dartmouth players ran the ball back twenty and fifteen yards each time. Proctor tried for a field goal which was blocked by Eaton. Then there was more kicking until Sawin, catching one of Proctor's punts =, ran 20 yards. Fincke began to rush...
...preliminary practice in punting, Reid and Hallowell made some good kicks, which Gierasch was weak in handling. Three elevens, made up of the first team, the substitutes, and the second, worked at signal practice for twenty minutes. Great attention was paid to the position of men in the interference. The plays were executed with speed and dash, although Ellis frequently failed to find his place in the interference, and Warren sometimes mixed the signals. In spite of Burnett's absence, there was considerable practice in place kicks for goal...
...good showing of the second team was-due largely to the playing of Lee and Wheeler, who were very successful in stopping the centre plays. Wheeler, especially, so far outplayed A. R. Sargent that for some time he took the latter's place on the first eleven...