Word: half
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Second Half...
...which Veeder downed the ball on Yale's 20-yard line. On a fake kick Roome failed to gain. t. Jones made a 22-yard run on a fake kick. Roome got the ball on a fumble and lost two yards, after which time was called for the first half. Score--Yale, 6; Harvard...
...first half Yale showed a very powerful offensive ability and used the onside kick and forward pass to great advantage on several occasions when the Yale team was within striking distance of Harvard's goal line. Harvard's team played very good football and it was only Yale's superior ability in open plays that enabled her to score...
Harvard's back field was not particularly good at preventing Yale men from recovering the ball on open plays but on the offense Harvard repeatedly made gains through Yale's line. The two most interesting features of the first half of the game were a 25-yard gain by Wendell after breaking through Yale's centre and an end run by T. Jones when near Harvard's goal line...
Early in the season with Parker, Burr, Kersburg, Osborne, Peirce, Inches, Macdonald, Orr, and Kennard out as forwards, it became evident that it would be much easier to find linemen than men for the back-field. Captain Foster played at left half until he sprained his ankle about three weeks ago. Since then, in order to get him into the best possible shape for the Yale game, his place has been filled by Gilder and Mason. Captain Foster leads the eleven well, is a hard line plunger, and the best defensive man on the team. Wendell, who played right half...