Word: line
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...also of the lightest character. Many of the men had begun to show signs of too much hard playing and the let up of last week was undoubtedly beneficial. Holt, Glass, Goss, Hogan, and Metcalf were all in danger of becoming over-trained. Kinney was kept out of the line-up throughout the week's practice by an injury to his knee...
Yale is by no means confident of winning the Princeton game. The falling off in the play of the entire team at a time when improvement was confidently looked for is disappointing to the coaches. It is feared that Yale's predicted superiority in the line will not materialize and if Princeton is able to out-kick Yale as expected, the teams to say the least should be very evenly matched...
...slow in starting and so poorly protected that the Pennsylvania forwards were able to break it up before it had gathered sufficient power to prove formidable. Four times the ball was brought within easy scoring distance, only to be lost on fumbles--once on the 16 yard line, and again within 4 yards of the goal. It was lost also for holding at the 10 yard line, and the last time on downs in the very shadow of the goal posts. While the Pennsylvania team thus succeeded in stopping Harvard's offense at the proper moment, it never...
...injury, has not taken part regularly on the team. Weschler and Marshall, two new men have played with a dash and vim that puts life into the entire eleven. Weschler is not fast, but makes up for his lack of speed by the viciousness with which he hits the line. Marshall, on the other hand, is more steady and picks his openings very quickly. The greater part of the punting during the season has been done by Gardiner and Bennett, both of whom are sure and accurate...
...line-ups of the two teams and the officials will be as follows...