Word: hards
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Corbett, McKay, G. G. Browne, and P. D. Smith were in the line-up, while Minot, Rogers and West are expected to play at any time. In the "dummy" scrimmage the entire first squad was given an opportunity to play, the regulars being substituted after some twenty minutes of hard, fast drill. The second team showed up strongly, using a number of Dartmouth plays...
...Hard luck for poor...
...open water ahead. The third crew was by this time well out of the race, about six lengths behind. Halfway from Harvard Bridge to the finish the bow of the University boat lapped the stern of the second crew shell, the University crew rowing at this point a hard 33. The second crew fought hard, however, and the University eight was now only able to gain by feet. About a quarter of a mile from the finish both crews were rowing stroke for stroke at 33 and absolutely even. Three hundred yards from the finish the University eight began...
...finished in good condition but were very tired. Stroke Cutler, after the University eight had hit the launch, drove his crew hard and was well backed up, especially by the three men directly behind him, the stern four doing the best work throughout the race. The second crew made a splendid fight in the last three quarters of a mile and was well stroked by Forster. It was not till after hitting the launch that the University crew showed any sort of form and power, but the work of the eight in this last half of the race offset...
...line as easily as the latter team had done it a moment before, and a series of skin-tackle plays by Heath netted several good gains. At last, the 1912 team held them for downs, and French immediately repeated the former line-plunging gains by a series of low, hard bucks. To recover a loss by penalization, the Sophomores worked a long forward pass which brought the ball from the 35-yard line to the 10-yard line. This play was the feature of the afternoon. Another forward pass almost scored a touchdown, but it was fumbled behind the goal...