Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...very beginning of the first half Coy tried for a field-goal from the 35-yard line, but this, as well as two others, was unsuccessful. Early in the second half Philbin apparently scored a touchdown, but was called back because of holding. Throughout this half Yale lost ground at several critical periods by being penalized...
...plays, where it was lost on a fumble. Before the second made the first score, it was held on the 7-yard line for downs. After that the opponents weakened and were unable to stop the Harvard attack. The play on which the second gained the most ground throughout the game was that in which the ends ran with the ball from their regular positions. In the second half, R. M. Page ran 40 yards through a broken field after recovering the ball on a poor pass for a kick. Fort McKinley then made 20 yards on a forward pass...
Following the dinner, Major Higginson introduced William S. Hall '69, the toast master of the evening, who told briefly of the days when Harvard crews raced on Lake Quinsigamond. As an old warrior once said, "The battle of Waterloo was won on the cricket ground at Eton." The place to prepare for the struggles of life is in the struggles at college. He finished by presenting President Lowell...
...Yale and Princeton freshmen played a tie game at New Haven on Saturday in which neither side was able to score. Philbin did the punting and practically all of Yale's ground gaining. Pendleton attempted two goals from placement from the 35-yard line, neither of which were successful. Wight and Pendleton played well for Princeton, and Baker, Walker, and Philbin for Yale...
...first team scored three of its five touchdowns on long runs, the other two Minot made by hard line plunging. The only ground gained by the second team against the first was one run of fifteen yards, which Page made on a fake play. Clifford did well at end on the second team, making a number of pretty tackles. McKay was the only regular not on the field, but he will be in the game in a day or so. Dunlap played in the scrimmage, his first in nearly a month, and showed up strongly...