Word: line
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...brief period in the second half when the team collected itself sufficiently to gain consistently, and forced the ball down the field for the only touchdown of the afternoon, it was clearly outplayed by the second eleven. Big holes were opened continually in the first eleven's line, through which advances aggregating nearly 100 yards were made in the first half alone. The latter part of the game showed some improvement, and the slow charging and lack of aggressiveness was partly overcome. As a rule, however, the backs started too slowly, formed a ragged interference, and hindered each other...
...develop a strong line has been the coaches foremost purpose, but the linemen, far from showing improvement, seem to have lost what little aggressiveness they formerly had, and now have a tendency to fall back rather than charge forward in the face of an opposing play...
Hodges' work at right halfback, though often fast and effective, is too uncertain to be satisfactory. Besides hitting the line too high, he is weak in interference and uncertain on the defense. His punting is excellent in practice, but falls off considerably in a line-up, so as to be at times noticeably weak...
...appeared to be in good physical condition. The plays in the signal practice were executed with considerable snap and smoothness and showed that the men were ready and fit for hard work during the coming week. After ten minutes the men were sent to the locker building. The line-up of the first eleven in running through signals was as follows: L.e., Clark; l.t., Shea; l.g., Marshall; c., Sugden; r.g., Barnard; r.t., Knowlton; r.e., Bowditch; q.b., Marshall; l.h.b., Kernan; r.h.b., Putnam; f.b., Graydon...
...practice of the upperclass elevens yesterday showed no marked development or approach to final form in any of the rather rudimentary work. After the preliminary work and signal practice, the Seniors lined up against the Freshmen, while the Juniors played a short game with their second team. The sophomores had no line-up, and devoted all their time to kicking practice, and long signal work. The freshmen scored once on the Seniors, but only with the greatest difficulty and at the end of the play. The Juniors found little effective resistance in the second's weak defense, and gained almost...