Word: pigskins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Each eleven played as a team, not as individuals, passing with accuracy and feeding the ball to the outside forwards skillfully. The defense men were always in position, breaking up attacks by the opposing forwards that threatened to culminate in a score, and repeatedly booting the pigskin into the opponents' territory. Showing remarkable endurance, the forwards dashed up and down the field for an hour and a half of actual playing, dribbling or driving the ball ahead of them and passing it cleverly Carpenter, Heizer and Weaver for the University, and Captain Coburn and Brockman for Yale, put up their...
...Yale game last year when his interference made it possible for Scheerer to carry his recovered fumble for a touchdown. Legendre passed on and fell on the ball. Two plays afterwards, Garrity waded through a huge hole behind Keck, hurled himself on his neck and snuggled around the pigskin...
...effective back was not the only bright spot in Saturday's play. Ellis, the Andover half, was fully as sensational and probably a faster carrier of the pigskin, registering several gains over fifteen yards apiece...
...easy week is in prospect for the Crimson pigskin chasers except for the ill-starred second team, who will be hard at work learning Princeton plays. There is little doubt that eleven substitutes will start against Virginia. One of the most likely changes will be a real try-out of Wales at quarter, who, delayed in his return to Cambridge, has had but little chance to show his good or bad points this year...
Early in the afternoon the men had a long blackboard talk followed by a half-hour snappy signal drill on the field and breaking through practice. the coaches went from man to man giving individual advice and instruction. The kickers were watched closely as they booted the pigskin, for kicking may prove to be the most important factor in the game tomorrow, especially if the Centre line offers real opposition to the Crimson forwards...