Word: line
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...pounds to a man, fought through for a 10 to 7 victory. Owen, Churchill, and Buell were the individual stars of the game. The former gathered in a fumble in the last quarter for a 50-yard gain. In two more plunges he carried the ball across the line for the Freshmen's only touchdown...
...yard run by Churchill on the second play of the game prepared the way for Buell's field goal from the 36-yard line. Throughout the game Churchill proved a consistent ground gainer and in the end of the third period he got away for a 50-yard run. Buell, from start to finish, showed his ability to pick out the plays that were going to gain, and to diagnose the enemy tactics...
...became interested in the work. At the suggestion of Mr. Irwin I devised a set of signals, made up from a combination of Army wig-wag and Stock Exchange signals, by which I can signal in an instant to the score-board the "downs," "yard line," "yards to go," "who's ball," "play by," "man hurt," "goal," "touchdown"--in short everything that is necessary to the complete understanding of the game. Since then I have constantly improved the system so that today it is accepted as a standard all over the country...
Thorne Murphy and Jim Braden were revealed to be the strong men in the Blue eleven. Each kicked a goal and each was a consistent line gainer in a disorganized backfield...
...most serious fault in Yale's performance was the lack of team work resulting from a lack of training in the fundamentals. Co-ordination between the backs and the ends was not sufficient to permit successful completion of forward passes. Co-ordination between the line and the backfield was not sufficient to provide interference for the rush-line plays; and finally co-ordination between the different backs was not sufficient to carry through the plays in a critical moment...