Word: high
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Andrews, right tackle, prepared at Newton High School. He is 19 years old, 6 feet 1 inch in height, and weighs 186 pounds...
...Reynolds, Jr., fullback, prepared at Andover, where he was substitute fullback on the team last year. He also played on the Montclair (N. J.) High School team for three years. He is 19 years old, 5 feet 11 inches in height, and weighs 166 pounds...
...both in individual work and in team play. The improvement in team work has perhaps, been the most encouraging feature of the practice during the last few weeks. The men have shown a greater degree of quickness on the offense but the line is still too slow and too high in charging...
Hopewell, right tackle, is light for the position and slower than necessary. He is fairly aggressive on the defense and often breaks through, though the effectiveness of much of his work is minimized by his high tackling. Hanley, left tackle, has never played in the line before this week, but is heavy, strong, and quick. He carries the ball well, but plays too high on the defense and uses his hands constantly on the offense in a way that may lose his team yards through penalties. Starr, centre, Sibley, left guard, and Emmons, right guard, are all steady and reliable...
...shortcomings as regards scoring was the inability to hold the ball. No less than eight fumbles were made by Harvard, five of which involved the loss of the ball, and in the other instances proved serious obstacles to success. The fumbling of punts was due partly to the high wind, and to the benumbing weather, but the serious results were due more directly to the failure of the men in the backfield to protect the runner by effective blocking...