Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Dibblee played fullback on his class team in his Freshman year, held the same position on the 'Varsity second eleven last year, and has played a remarkably clever game on the 'Varsity all this season. He has the happy faculty of never being injured, is a good ground-gainer, and plays a heady game...
...game was played under the most favorable weather conditions, although the slippery ground caused the Harvard backs to stumble at times. As compared with the '96 elevens which met on the same field, Pennsylvania had made a most noticeable advance in football. In the kicking department there was a great advance. She had a larger number of offensive plays, including a place drop kick, which was successful, and some fakes on "guards-back" formations, which gained several times. The one play used always for gains was the "guards-back" formation with its many variations. Her greatest improvement, however...
...Harvard Freshman eleven again showed its strength last Saturday in de feating Yale 1901 by the score of 34 to 0. As the snow, which covered Soldiers Field to the depth of two inches, had been cleaned off only that morning, the ground was in a very slippery condition and greatly handicapped the work of both teams, preventing fast, clean play...
Back of the line Harvard showed up very strongly, both in line bucking and skirting the ends. Kendall proved himself to be a quick, dodging half, and gained more ground throughout the game than either of the other backs. Both Reid and Ellis hit the line hard, and but rarely failed to gain. To them in part is due Yale's failure to pass Harvard's ends...
Throughout the game Yale proved herself much weaker than Harvard. This was especially evident on the defensive and it was rare that Harvard failed to make the necessary gain. Auchincloss and Dupee did the best ground gaining for Yale, while Coy and Richards played a strong defensive game...