Word: lining
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...game tomorrow, the first squad was kept on the field only a few minutes. There was a short signal drill, the men were given a little instruction in their individual faults, and, after running back a number of kick-offs, the first team was sent in. The first team line-up, the one which will probably start the game tomorrow, was as follows: l.e., Houston; l.t., McKay; l.g., L. Withington; c., P. Withington; r.g., Fisher; r.t., Fish; r.e., L. D. Smith; q.b., O'Flaherty; l.h.b., P. D. Smith; r.h.b., Leslie; f.b., Morrison...
After the first team had been sent in, the substitutes lined up against the second team, the latter taking the ball in mid-field. A fumbled punt, several gains outside tackle, and a forward pass gave the second the ball near the substitutes' goal. In three line plays the ball was rushed over the line, Tryon making the only score of the afternoon. For the rest of the scrimmage the substitutes played with only ten men, Rogers having been taken out. With this handicap, and by means of very ragged playing, the substitutes twice forced the ball to the second...
...University football team was given a long scrimmage during the secret practice in the Stadium yesterday afternoon. The first team scored four touchdowns on the second and, in addition, O'Flaherty kicked a pretty field goal from a difficult angle on the 38-yard line. The work was fast and hard; at one time the second team was held for downs inside the first team's ten-yard line...
...scrimmage commenced with the second team in possession of the ball in the middle of the field. After an exchange of punts, a long run by Frothingham put the ball on the second's 15-yard line where a fumble cost the first team possession of the ball. However, the ball was soon brought back and O'Flaherty kicked a pretty drop goal. The next two touchdowns were made on long runs, one by Perkins after he had picked up a blocked punt. Then the second, by recovering two fumbled punts, forced the first team almost to its own goal...
...line-up of the teams was as follows...