Word: placing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Club which will be large enough to accommodate training tables of the teams, and yet leave space for several bedrooms for graduates and graduate coaches who may be working with one of the teams. It is intended that in the future the University Club shall be a general rallying place for the students, and, in a measure, take the place of the old Fence...
...remainder of the game consisted of punting. Burnett again tried a place kick, but it was blocked. Time was called with the ball in Harvard's possession on Pennsylvania's 20-yard line...
Owing to deficiencies in studies, Davidson will not play at fullback for Pennsylvania, and Barnard will take his place. Otherwise the team will play as in the game with Chicago. Boal will enter the game; he is in first class physical condition and is anxious to play. The Harvard backs will be Sawin, Reid and Kendall, who are chosen because they play in thorough accord with each other...
...Harvard eleven is a team and not an aggregation of stars. Each man is part of the unified whole. Captain Burden, Donald, Hallowell and Burnett are playing the reliable game they did last year. A. R. Sargent, who has been playing in Boal's place, and Lawrence, both new men on the team, have overcome the tendency to lose their heads and are now very steady players. Campbell has adjusted himself to the team more easily than any of the new men. Daly plays the same game as last year but Reid has fallen off. Kendall is a brilliant line...
...number of important changes have been made in the line-up during the past two weeks, the most important of which was the shifting of McCracken from guard to halfback. Davidson, fullback, has been obliged to stop playing, and Barnard, a new man, has taken his place. Barnard is not Davidson's equal in a rushing game, but in punting he is fully as strong and is clever in kicking goals from the field. Kennedy, left halfback, has recently shown great improvement in his work. He runs well with the ball, is strong on his feet, and is a sure...