Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University was, to quote a daily paper of that date, that "under the Harvard rules the ball must be kicked over a rope extending across the entire field, while accordingly to the McGill plan, the ball must be kicked over a wooden bar 10 feet from the ground...
...both Stillman and Brann frequently missing the runner through insecure tackling or from being put out of the play by an opponent. Brann has been the most successful at receiving forward passes, while Hardwick uses the knowledge derived from his backfield experience in gaining the greatest amount of ground on end around plays. On the close formations all of the men have shown themselves capable of taking care of the greater part of the plays sent into their territory. Higginbotham and Hardwick excelling in this because of their harder and surer tackling...
...play up to the brilliant promises of the previous week in the contest with Virginia, but a fortunate forward pass and the splendid work of the backfield brought victory to Yale, 21 to 0. A marked weakness in the extremities of the line was evidenced, the southerners gaining considerable ground on wide end runs...
...department of the game Exeter was signally superior to its lighter opponents. The line effectually threw off the futile attacks of the Andover backfield while the Exeter attack, headed by Casey, marched down the field with a succession of terrific line plunges and forward passes and punts which gained ground on every exchange. Humiliated and bumbled, the Andover team was powerless on both the attack and defence...
Forward passing constituted a good part of the repertoire of plays of both the elevens, but not much success attended the numerous attempts. Straight old-fashioned line-plunging and a succession of punts were again the dominant factors in the ground gaining of either team. With the possible exception of one or two of the smaller colleges none of the football teams have perfected the open style game this year. Occasionally when resorted to as the last hope, it has proved successful, but consistent gaining with any degree of certainty has never resulted from its use. The Yale team scored...