Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Andover defeated Exeter last Saturday in their annual football game by the score of 17 to 0. The game was played on a very wet field which gave Andover's heavier team a great advantage. Both teams were weak in catching punts, but Exeter's fumbles were the more costly...
...game should prove close and interesting, because the Senior eleven is heavier and better trained than usual, and the Freshmen are not so far along as the time they have been playing should warrant. The Seniors have made two changes in their line-up. Shaw has gone from guard to fullback in place of Brown, who was injured in Tuesday's game, and Heath has taken Shaw's place. The Freshmen will line-up as they did against the Sophomores, with the exception of Greydon who will play guard instead of Wright...
...Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon the Senior eleven won from the Juniors by a score of 15 to 0. All three of the touchdowns were well-merited by 1900, who had the advantage of a heavier team on a slippery field. Slowly but steadily the Seniors advanced the ball, about the middle of the first half, from the centre of the field to within a yard or two of 1901's goal line. On the third down, Shaw broke through the centre for the remaining short distance. Continued hammering in the same half also brought about the second touchdown, which Lowrie...
...Seniors deserved to win. Not only was their team heavier and the handling of the ball cleaner, but their playing was far more aggressive than 1901's. Of the plays that were tried, the guards-back formation worked most successfully, especially when Shaw took the ball. On a double-pass to quarterback, Hatch once made seven or eight yards. Gains were also frequently made through the line because the forwards, by starting before their opponents, usually succeeded in charging them back and opening up holes for the runner. Although the backs never supported the runner any too well, individually they...
...third of the time. In the second half, they felt the loss of the regular quarterback, Daly, who was injured. The backs frequently weakened on the defensive, and the forwards, who were forced back, would often put them out of the play. On a slippery field and against heavier opponents, the line-men played too high. But they were not responsible for the poor judgement shown in the second half when, with a strong wind at her back, 1901 failed to punt...