Word: linings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...elevens will line up as follows...
...Judging from the spirit prevalent throughout the game, the men were evidently not playing their best, nor trying to, and taken after the excellent showing of last week against Brown, such a reaction is at least unwarrantable. Throughout the game, there was a most conspicuous jumble of plays. The line men failed to open up holes at the right time, the ball was fumbled, the backs were nearly always off their feet and the interference was so weak that end plays were broken up with little or no effort. All this only illustrates a fatal weakness in one all important...
...backs were even slower than usual in starting; they hit the line too high and with little impetus, while their formation of interference was as poor as that of several weeks ago. This was much in evidence, although in this instance it was not so much the fault of the backs as a failure on the part of the line men to block off, when Parker was forced to run 55 yards alone. He broke through the line clearly and eluded the full-back, but was caught and tackled beautifully by Gerrish Newell. Aside from this run and Dibblee...
...erratic. Only one of Newtowne's punts was blocked and that by Garrison. Wheeler's game was unsatisfactory. He was careless in getting off-side and nearly always gave the play through him away by his eagerness. He and Haskell were both unwieldy in helping their backs in line plays. On the ends Lewis was easily eluded several times, as his eagerness caused him to over-run his man. Richardson continued his good work of the past week. Newell and Sullivan played brilliantly for Newtowne...
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