Word: latters
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Rules Committee with a view to mitigating injuries, and secondly the new eligibility rules debaring Freshmen and graduate students. The former by making the play more open has created a much more interesting game in which fast, moderately heavy men with spirit and intelligence are at a premium. The latter by lessening the size of the squad has greatly hampered the development of the team in that there was less material from which to pick first string...
...October 6 the team scored 51 points against Syracuse. It was a case of the old game against the new, and the latter proved its worth...
Before the open practice the University squad had a half hour's secret practice in the cage, which consisted of defensive work on the part of the first team against the attacks of the second eleven, forward passes and onside kicks being the chief plays used by the latter. Later, in the Stadium, before the opening of the gates, there was a 10-minute scrimmage between the first and second elevens in which no attempt was made to score. The work was full of life and showed that the men are in excellent shape. In the open practice, the signal...
...Dartmouth the absence of Captain Glaze was not severely felt on account of the ability of his substitute McDevitt. The latter made Dartmouth's field goal and was the best all around man on the team. Dartmouth's rally in the second half was due rather to a weakening of the University team by the use of substi...
...ball to within striking distance, this time scoring a touchdown. With the ball on the 13-yard line McDevitt and Steward dropped back as if for a goal from placement, but McDevitt, who received the ball, made a forward pass to Lang on the eight-yard line. The latter, aided by good interference, made his way over the line. McDevitt missed the goal...