Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Then came the Princeton contest, in which the line seemed to have lost all the ground that it had won, and in which victory was registered only through the scant margin of one drop-kick. The Princeton attack punctured the forwards so frequently that it was only the wonderful work of the secondary defense, and of Bradlee in particular, that staved off dangerous gains. Not until the team was almost in the shadow of its own goal did the line show determination enough to hold the Tigers to even terms...
...game against Brown that they still had a powerful attack and excellent individual players in spite of the slump of the week previous. Both the touchdowns came as an indirect result of Wilson's brilliant return of punts, while both he and Dunn showed themselves to be consistent ground gainers...
...Canadian rules 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 according to McGill's plan the ball must be kicked over a wooden bar 10 feet from the ground." For some time previous to the contest the team was drilled by night on Jarvis Field. Although this game represented the crudest kind of football, compared with the game as we know it today, yet it aroused great enthusiasm among the colleges in the new Rugby rules...
...will seat approximately 65,000 people was awarded last July and since then the work has progressed steadily and the structure will probably be ready for the Harvard-Yale game next fall The "Bowl" is unique in plan. The playing field is 26 feet below the surface of the ground and the slope from this to the ground level is cut into broad low steps which are protected by a granolithic covering like a sidewalk or curb. Upon these are placed wooden benches with backs and foot-rests, while above these rise the tiers of seats in the "Bowl" proper...
...parade to see the last practice on Soldiers Field. Promptness and numbers are all that is demanded, promptness so that there will be no delay in the practice of the team and numbers so that the team will known that the colleges Intends to see the Stadium a burial ground for the Blue at last...