Word: line
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University football team only scored on the second team in the scrimmage yesterday afternoon after 10 1-2 minutes of play. Both teams played fast and with snap; and the first eleven's inability to score was due chiefly to the strength of the second team's line...
...scrimmage Nesmith played a fast game. He ran very well with the ball and was quick in breaking through the line. Brill did some good blocking near the beginning of the period, but Cavenee was able to open the way for substantial gains through him. McDonald did good work at end, but the ends on the second team were inefficient in covering their positions...
...hard fought game. In the first half, Yale only scored one touchdown, resulting directly from a fumble by Syracuse and was only able to rush the ball for a total of 41 yards in the 20-minute period. A fumble by Hutchinson on Syracuse's 10 yard line cost Yale a probable touchdown...
...second half Syracuse's defense weakened and Yale's attack improved. The first kickoff was run back 20 yards from the 15-yard line and a touchdown was soon made. Jones, the substitute quarter-back distinguished himself in this half. Once he ran back a punt 35 yards and a second time with only three minutes left to play scored a touchdown after a 30-yard run on a fake kick. Throughout the game the Yale backs appeared to be too fast for their line, in spite of the fact that the Syracuse attack was especially weak...
...Yale line-up was as follows: l.e., Stuart, H. Jones; l.t., Forbes; l.g., Erwin, Boggs; c., Flanders; r.g., Andrews; r.t., Bigelow, Turner; r.e., Shevlin, H. Jones; q.b., Hutchinson, T. Jones; l.h.b., Veeder, Linn; r.h.b., Morse, Stevenson; f.b., Flinn, Werneken...