Word: half
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman football team gained its second victory of the season Saturday afternoon on Soldiers Field by defeating Dean Academy, 6 to 0. The two teams were very evenly matched and the game was closely contested, Harvard's touchdown coming in the last minute of play in the second half...
...first half the Freshmen were slightly outplayed, and the ball was in their territory most of the time. Dean worked the forward pass very successfully, and gained consistently through the line. Cutler's punting, however, was of great help to the Freshmen, and was chiefly instrumental in keeping the ball from their goal line...
...second half, Harvard took a brace, and a punting duel resulted between Grant and Minot, who had taken Cutler's place. The last three minutes of play furnished the sensation of the game. After the Freshmen had received the ball on a punt on their own ten-yard line, Minot made a long forward pass to Crowley, who carried the ball to Dean's 15-yard line. Another forward pass was tried, and Minot recovered the ball, on the four-yard line. On the next play Minot carried it over the line...
...main weakness lay in their inability to tackle hard and effectively, and in their lack of a suitable defense for the Indians' forward pass and criss-cross, double-pass plays, which were worked repeatedly for long gains. Both teams suffered severely from penalties, and in one instance Harvard lost half the distance to the goal line, amounting to 30 yards, when Peirce was put out of the game by Umpire Edwards for charging into two Indians who were pulling Starr toward his own goal after the ball had been downed...
Hendricks, right half back, has played right halfback for three years. He is 22 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weights 158 pounds...