Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...developed. Although there has been a wealth of good material, the only experienced men were rather lighter than the style of play resulting from the changed rules demands. The line, however, has shown itself to possess hard fighting qualities to make up for what disadvantages it may suffer through lack of weight, not a score having so far been made through straight line plays...
...season commencing rather later than usual and the early weeks being given over almost entirely to rudimentary drill, a distinct lack of team-play resulted in the Maine game. After a week of hard scrimmages, however, the game with Holy Cross showed a very encouraging development. A marked versatility of play was evinced which had hardly been expected and the backfield first gave evidence of ability to play an open game...
...result of a splendid succession of forward passes during the second period, Williams approached close enough to score a goal from the field. The line-up at the time, however, was composed almost entirely of second string men and can hardly be taken as proof of the lack of ability of the team as a whole. During both this game and the contest against Amherst a week later, the University team has shown that its greatest strength lies in line rushes and what is known as "old-fashioned" football. It has given evidence that in Brickley it possesses a drop...
...passed since a football team representing Princeton has played on our field, and so the game this week arouses an extraordinary amount of interest. Tonight an opportunity is afforded to show this interest and enthusiasm, the occasion being the first mass meeting of the year. Certainly there is no lack of enthusiastic support for the team or of confidence in its ability to win in this game, and the meeting tonight offers the chance to organize the enthusiasm and thus make it more effective. So let all be present to show the team how confident we are in its ability...
...done at any previous time this season. The interference in the open field field formed better and quicker and put the opposing defence out of the play in a much cleaner manner than in the earlier games. On the other hand, the choice of plays frequently showed lack of judgment, and there was a noticeable number of fumbles, as well as a general weakness, at critical times...