Word: kicking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first half Williams started off with a rush and caught the University players off their guard. Two careless fumbles in the Harvard backfield, hard tackling by the Williams ends, who followed the ball exceedingly well, resulted in a touchdown for Williams in less than five minutes after the kick-off. Throughout the remainder of the half Harvard was played to a standstill and the half ended with the score 6 to 0 in favor of its opponents...
...McKay kicked off to Stevens who passed the ball to Peterson, the crisscross gaining twenty-seven yards, as G. G. Browne had been drawn in by the trick. After one rush Stevens made an onside kick which Leslie fumbled and Williams recovered the ball in the centre of the field. Here Harvard held well, securing the ball on downs. Two line plunges gained but two yards and Frothingham punted outside on Williams's 45-yard line. Williams was penalized for starting before the ball and Stevens punted over O'Flaherty's head, the ball rolling toward the Harvard goal. Three...
Harvard received the kick-off, O'Flanerty who ran the ball back was downed, after making twenty-five yards, on his own 35-yard line. Frothingham shot by tackle for eleven yards, then Harvard was penalized for being offside, and Frothingham kicked to Lewis, who was downed on Williams's 38-yard line. After two plays Williams punted, but Harvard was caught tripping and Williams was given the ball on Harvard's 53-yard line. Stevens made eight yards, then Lewis tried a forward pass which was declared illegal. Stevens punted, but Houston blocked the kick and Stevens recovered...
...second half opened with Minot in place of Rogers and Captain Fish in his position at right tackle. In three and one-half minutes the Harvard team carried the ball the entire length of the field and over the Williams goal. Minot ran the kick-off to his 30-yard line, five rushes put the ball in mid-field, an onside kick was recovered by G. G. Browne on Williams's 40-yard line, Frothingham ran twenty yards, and in three plays Minot scored. Withington tied the score by kicking the goal...
After the usual preliminary practice in kicking and tackling, during which O'Flaherty practiced drop-kicking and tackling under the direction of Coach Kennard, the teams lined up for the scrimmage. The first few plays after the kick-off showed that the first team was playing well together, as it carried the ball to the second team's 40-yard line. Then the ball was taken back to the other half of the field and the first team confined itself to a kicking game. Sprague was doing the kicking, and Pierce the on-side kicking for the first team; while...