Word: linemen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Tomorrow afternoon the backs and ends will have a short practice on the Yale Field at New Haven, and the linemen will be given light exercise in Farmington. It is still doubtful whether Captain Burr will play in Saturday's game...
...secret practice yesterday afternoon there was no attempt at a scrimmage, but the University football squad was given a stiff preliminary drill followed by a 35-minute period of hard signal practice. The work was very fast and full of snap. Coaches Campbell and Graves gave the linemen a long drill in defensive work, and the ends had special work in boxing tackles on the offence. Coach Daly was in charge of the backs, and Cutler, Gray, Kennard and Sprague were drilled in punting...
...preliminary drill for the backs was catching punts; and Coach Graves gave the linemen breaking through and blocking practice. The scrimmage lasted about twenty-five minutes. The substitutes scored first, after Robinson had blocked Page's punt on the second team's 15-yard line. Vogel recovered the ball and carried it over the line for a touchdown. The second team was then given the ball on the 25-yard line. Crocker got off a clever forward pass to Beard, who ran it out for twenty yards and Minot made the remaining distance in two hard plunges. After this...
...short period of offensive work ended the practice. Coach Campbell instructed the backs and linemen in running down on punts, and the backs were drilled by Coaches Haughton and Daly. West, who has been laid up for some time with a wrenched shoulder, was out again yesterday...
...glance at the account of the game shows that the Navy distinctly outplayed the University team. The opponents' linemen found no great difficulty in forcing back the men opposite them, and in tackling and handling kicks in the backfield--two of the essential rudiments--Annapolis was much superior. The Harvard backfield lacked concentrated power and was only effective at brief intervals, never getting the ball dangerously close to the line by rushing. All of which goes to show the relative strength of the team today in comparison with a strong team. We should be grateful for a tie score under...