Word: line
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...team has steadily improved and developed. Captain Burr's injury, although coming in time to give the coaches a chance to train other men for his position, was nevertheless the most unfortunate thing that could have happened to the team. Burr was not only the backbone of the line, but it was due to his punting ability that Harvard had an advantage over nearly all its opponents. The rest of the men are in the best possible condition; and the eleven, as a whole, is at the highest point in its development...
...fall practice began two weeks before the opening of College, and for the last three weeks has been carried on behind closed gates. The daily work has consisted of preliminary drill in tackling, kicking and catching punts for the backs and breaking through for the line men, followed by signal practice and scrimmages between the first and second eleven or substitutes. During the secret practice the preliminary work has been discontinued and the scrimmages have been less frequent...
...were scored on three times. Last Saturday Harvard and Dartmouth proved very evenly matched in the first half, but in the second period the team put up its best fight this season and won the game, 6 to 0. In a series of rushes from its own 24-yard line, the University team went down the field and across Dartmouth's line for a touchdown in the last few minutes of play. It was the best exhibition of football that has been seen on Soldiers Field in many years...
...hardest proposition before the coaches this year has been the selection of men for the backfield. Of the backs, Corbett, Kennard, Smith and Ver Wiebe never played behind the line before, and Cutler, at quarterback, is new to his position. The present set, Corbett, White and Ver Wiebe, or Kennard in case Burr does not play, is strong and fast. White and Ver Wiebe play hard, aggressive games and are both good line plungers. Corbett and Leslie, who alternate at left halfback, have proved the best ground gainers, and their running through a broken field is particularly good. Kennard...
...beginning of the second half the Seniors advanced from their own 15-yard line almost the whole length of the field, losing the ball on an unsuccessful forward pass on the Sophomores' 15-yard line. From this point 1911 worked the ball back to their opponents' 35-yard line, where the ball changed hands on downs. The Seniors later recovered a fumble on the Sophomores' 30-yard line and advanced the ball to the 10-yard line, where the Sophomores got possession of it as the half ended...