Word: lost
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...board, one-half inch broader than last year's boat. The seats, according to the English custom, are placed alternately on either side of the centre, each being three inches from the middle line. This makes possible the use of shorter out-riggers, thus diminishing the amount of power lost by the play of the out-riggers. The riggers in use on the English shell are only 16 1-4 inches out-board, as compared with 20 inches on last year's boat. The use of thole-pins instead of swivel-rowlocks is supposed to give a firmer catch...
...main weakness lay in their inability to tackle hard and effectively, and in their lack of a suitable defense for the Indians' forward pass and criss-cross, double-pass plays, which were worked repeatedly for long gains. Both teams suffered severely from penalties, and in one instance Harvard lost half the distance to the goal line, amounting to 30 yards, when Peirce was put out of the game by Umpire Edwards for charging into two Indians who were pulling Starr toward his own goal after the ball had been downed...
...Pleasant punted soon after Burr's kickoff and then the ball was lost to Carlisle on their 8-yard line on a forward pass. Newhall heeled Mt. Pleasant's punt and Parker kicked a beautiful place goal from the 40-yard line. Score, Harvard, 10; Carlisle...
Hauser's kickoff was run back 20-yards by Lockwood. Rand lost four yards on a tandem play, and Burr punted, Bird downing Mt. Pleasant in his tracks. Carlisle punted to Newhall, who was tackled on Harvard's 40-yard line when time was called...
...first set was very fast. Gardner played a brilliant game, lobbing a great deal and sending many clever drives into the corners. Pell also played in his best form and got in many smashing returns. Niles and Dabney were clearly outplayed in this set and lost...