Word: line
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kuehn justified his assignment at right tackle and Talbot again proved that he is still to be considered for a first team guard berth. His tackle of Bethea on the kickoff opening the second half was one of the cleanest and fiercest seen in the Stadium this year. The line as a whole clicked much better than it did against the Big Green, bad tackling being its only weakness...
...More convincing, however, was the performance of the slippery and elusive Mays. The Sophomore flash, injected in the game in the second quarter, led the Crimson in its drive for its first score, dashing and squirming through the Southerners in a manner similar to Marsters. He crossed the Floridans line again in the fourth quarter but the score was disallowed because of a penalty...
...Yale scheme of offense is based on powerful line play pure and simple. There is very little attempt at deception and the overhead department is the customary Eli flop. But the line play is plenty good enough to make the straight running attack dangerous any where and any time...
...regular running formation is an unbalanced line, usually leaving only one man on the short side, with the quarterback back in receiving position. On practically every play he actually receives the ball, though on a great many he does not rush. One of the favorite plays from this position found one of the interfering halfbacks receiving the ball from the quarterback on a simple crossbuck and diving into the strong side of the line. The play wasn't as a rule very effective against Dartmouth but it affords a contrast to the usual straight run and might be a real...
...center of the Eli line was doing a beautiful job all afternoon just where the Harvard line had failed most conspicuously. It will be a sad story for the Crimson on the afternoon of November 23 if the line doesn't stiffen up, for getting Booth in an open field is some different from stopping him on the line of scrimmage...