Word: player
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard's players, Derby stands out as the most unexpectedly effective. Playing on the first eleven for only two days before the game, placed up against the most formidable player of Yale's line, and weighing nearly thirty pounds less than his opponent, his showing in the game was most creditable and although Yale's attack was largely directed at wearing him down, it was not until late in the second half that he had to be replaced...
Individually, the players are capable, and in some cases brilliant. Bowditch, a veteran of three seasons, is the most valuable man in the team, and inspires confidence in the entire line. Adverse criticism of him is impossible. Knowlton at right tackle should be more effective than he has shown himself, but he is hard-working and persistent. A. Marshall at guard is slow to action, but when started is powerful and aggressive. Parkinson at centre is energetic and strong, but plays too high for his position. LeMoyne is new at guard and while willing and hard-working is not experienced...
Bowditch and LeMoyne were both in the line-up, and Meier was the only regular player not on the field; he will probably be out for work tomorrow. Aside from Meier, the men are all in the best possible physical trim...
...there is no reason to believe that this team will not prove itself on Saturday to be fully up to the standard set by the strong Freshman elevens of the last few years. What is most needed now is a shaking-together,--a consciousness in the mind of each player that he is no longer playing by himself and for himself, but as a member of an organized body in which, like a machine, the disarrangement of any one component part is fatal to the effectiveness of the whole. Other things being equal, this idea of unity present...
White, right half, is a good defensive player, but not particularly strong on the offense. Foster, right half, keeps his feet better than White, but is very slow in getting started unless under steady urging. Reynolds, fullback, is a good punter and a strong defensive back. He does not lift his feet sufficiently in bucking the line, but often covers good distance by hurdling. Leatherbee, captain and right half, is a strong all round player and unusually fast. He has been kept out of the game a great part of this year by injuries, but will probably be in shape...