Word: hardes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Burgess, captain and right end, shows commendable spirit and plays the hard, dashing football that counts; but he is slow in getting down under kicks, and often allows the runner to get outside of his end. Thayer, right end, is a willing worker, but seems unable to destroy interference or to be of great effect on the offense...
Mackay, right half, has not had much chance to show what he can do, but before he was injured he ran low and hard, and was effective in interference. He has not yet mastered the details of defensive play. Lindsay, right half, runs too high and fails to use his arms. He shows the same fatal slowness on the defensive. Parker, right half, is very slow in recovering fumbles and poor in interference. His running with the ball is at times good, but he fails to keep his feet when tackled
...football game yesterday between Princeton and Columbia was one of the closest ever held on Columbia Field. Columbia's team was in perfect condition, and in spite of their hard game with Cornell on Saturday, all the Princeton players were in good shape...
...second half, Princeton played swift, hard football from the start, keeping Columbia on the defensive. In the middle of the half the most sensational play of the game occurred. Roper of Princeton got the ball on a fumble by Berrien, and ran forty-five yards for a touchdown. Mills attempted to kick the goal, but Roper, who was holding the ball, let it slip from his hands and touch the ground too soon, Columbia of course blocking the kick. This error lost to Princeton her only chance of tying the game, as no further scoring was done during the half...
...formation and the excellent judgment displayed, the team by no means played a first-class game. Although a very creditable victory was won, the Pennsylvania game showed that the playing of the team is still far from being thoroughly developed and that many faults exist which will need much hard practice to correct and which will prevent any danger from over-confidence...