Word: poore
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...undergraduates' defense was poor through inability to cover their opponents, but they improved in this respect toward the end of the game. The passing was rather accurate and the stick work fair, but a lack of team play was shown. Smith, Mitchell, Beane and Alvord played the best game for the University team; Breed and Taylor for the graduates...
...ability to get the jump on their opponents. The backs were fairly successful on the offense, but gave the line little support on the defense. The whole team played too high. The only improvement noticeable was in Kendall's work. Throughout the season his weakness has been poor defensive work and failure to help in the interference, but yesterday he succeeded fairly well in overcoming these faults. On the other hand there was a decided slump in the line bucking of Ellis, who was unable to make any headway through the line...
...game opened by Yale's kicking the ball to Harvard's twenty yard line, from which point it was brought back to the forty yard line by Pruyn and Meier. Here the ball was lost to Yale owing to the poor execution of a trick formation and holding in the line. Harvard then recovered the ball on downs and afterwards, by straight football only, was able to send Meier, Pruyn and Lindsay across the line for touchdowns with but little resistance from Yale. Hutchinson kicked the three goals. The rest of the game was characterized by a slight spurt...
...practice game resulted in one touchdown for the first eleven, Stillman being pushed over after a hard struggle of three downs on the five yard line. The team showed some speed and accuracy, but carelessness and poor playing at critical times was still noticeable. Putnam did some excellent running for the first eleven, but the best work was done by L. Daly and Morse of the second in stopping plays. First Eleven, Second Eleven. Clark, r.e. l.e., Morse, Ives. R. Lawrence, r.t. l.t., Peyton. Rainsford, r.g. l.g., McGrew. Burnett, c. c., Sugden. Whitwell, l.g. r.g., Grew. Graydon, l.t. r.t., Lewis...
...three touchdowns, but they were the result of long end runs and were not made by concerted playing. The team lacked the ability to play together; the backs did not support the line and the line men failed to help the runners. The punting of the first eleven was poor and had no distance...