Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Captain J. B. Brennan '15, will represent the University in the heavyweight class, but the material for the lighter weight classes is exceedingly scarce, Coach S. Anderson will again have charge of the development of the team, and should there be a fair amount of material the prospects for a successful year will be fairly bright. Five meets have been arranged, the principal one being with Yale. Matches with Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Andover, and the Boston Young Men's Christian Union complete the schedule
...most one-sided game ever played in the history of the two academies Exeter decisively defeated Andover by the score of 78 to 7. In every department of the game Exeter was signally superior to its lighter opponents. The line effectually threw off the futile attacks of the Andover backfield while the Exeter attack, headed by Casey, marched down the field with a succession of terrific line plunges and forward passes and punts which gained ground on every exchange. Humiliated and bumbled, the Andover team was powerless on both the attack and defence...
...Stadium today after a season marked by a changing standard in its play. If Brown plays the game of which it is capable the contest should prove a decidedly close one in which all the phases of the new style game will be utilized in the effort of the lighter team to score on the major eleven...
Although weak on both offence and defence, the Princeton eleven took advantage of a fumble on Williams 16-yard line in the last quarter, and, in a desperate series of rushes averted the disgrace of a defeat by a lighter team. The "wide-open" style of play of which Princeton was conceded to be the most reliable exponent was a distinct failure; of ten forward passes attempted but one was successfully carried...
Although the Wellesley team was much lighter than the seconds, they succeeded in making numerous long gains, by playing an open game and making frequent use of, the forward pass...