Word: line
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...play, the Harvard team exceeded general expectations and rolled up a good score against opponents of great reputation for strength. On the offensive Harvard was much stronger than the Indians, and was rarely held for downs. The defense, as was expected, kept the ball so far from the goal line that Hudson could not kick a goal from the field until the presence of substitutes weakened the Harvard line which finally gave way before the furious attacks of the Indians. Hudson then rushed the ball down into Harvard's territory and made a graceful drop-kick from the 35 yard...
...forced to do the kicking for the Indians. Much ground was also gained by Daly, who rushed back Miller's punts usually for gains of about 15 yards. Excepting once, when the ball was lost on four downs and twice when he should have allowed kicks to cross the line, Daly's generalship was excellent. His clean tackle of Metoxen in the first half saved the eleven from one more touchdown against them, aside from its merit as a hard tackle...
...Indians' defense was decidedly strong, owing to the vigorous and low tackling of all of the line-men. Except on one or two well-executed trick-plays, the Harvard backs were totally unable to gain around the ends, and had to depend upon line-plays. The most successful play for Carlisle was a mass formation outside of tackle, which completely overpowered the substitute tackles in the second half and made uninterrupted gains, especially through Swain...
...line-up today will be: Harvard. Carlisle. Campbell, l.e. r.e., Sickles. Donald, l.t. r.t., Scholder, Seneca. A. R. Sargent, l.g. r.g., Scott. Burnett, c. c., Smith. Burden, r.g. l.g., Redwater. Lawrence, r.t. l.t., Wheelock. Hallowell, r.e. l.e., Rogers. Daly, q.b. q.b., Hudson. Gierasch, l.h. r.h., Miller. Kendall, r.h. l.h., Metoxen. Ellis, f.b. f.b., Pierce...
Yesterday's practice consisted chiefly of running through signals and was very short. There was no line-up. The backs were given careful drill in punting and catching kicks...