Word: line
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...barely able to even the touchdowns after an hour's scrimmage by scoring twice against the Navy substitutes yesterday afternoon. In the first part of the scrimmage the informals were unable to stop the powerful Navy attack at any point and long gains were made against them on line plunges and forward passes. The entire team played below its usual form. Poor interference was given the backs and but for the work of T. S. Woods '20, no advance would have been made through the line. A. Horween '20, did the major part of the running together with the kicking...
Saturday's game will furnish the first opportunity to compare the Princeton, Yale, and the University Freshman elevens. Exeter has suffered defeat at the hands of both Princeton and Yale by the decisive scores of 12 to 0, and 20 to 0. A light line is the chief weakness of the Academy team...
Today the informals will scrimmage with the Freshmen so that the new formations may be thoroughly tried before the end of the week. Much attention will be given to the development of the line play, which in the game at Ayer, showed weak points. The Navy team with several collegiate stars in its lineup will play against the informals tomorrow in a practice game
...second half the Freshmen forced their opponents back of their attempted line plunges, and Faxon after blocking a kick, added seven points to the Freshman total...
...final Freshman score was made on a pretty forward pass of 35 yards, Humphrey to Lee. After an entire new Freshman eleven took the field, Carol of the Worcester team intercepted an attempted forward pass, and scored from the 25-yard line. McKoan kicked the goal. The game ended after a few more plays...