Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...bump took place at the beginning of the last long stretch. Hollis-Holworthy-Stoughton was another disappointment, and was being left far behind by Mt. Auburn Street, when this crew bumped Dunster-Russell. Beck-Hampden finished about twice its original distance behind Hollis-Holworthy-Stoughton, and was rowing in poor form...
...feature of the backfield. Butt and Gilbert fumbled constantly and on the defense were very weak. Butt in particular was drawn in on almost every end play and as a result, Colton and Honhart made repeated gains around his end. He was slow in starting and his tackling was poor. Not a single punt was caught by the University backfield, Butt, Gilbert and Starr all being to blame...
Starr ran the team with more life than has been seen on Soldiers Field this fall, but his choice of plays showed very poor judgment. He rarely tried the various forward passes that have been used constantly in the scrimmages and relied entirely on straight, old-fashioned line bucking. At times, this method of attack seemed to possess considerable power but when it neared the goal line and went against the stiffened defense of the Springfield line it was held twice, both times within the 5-yard line. This lack of power at the critical moment was most discouraging...
...Haven, Conn., October 22, 1907.-The practice of the Yale team today was not up to the usual standard. In a twenty-five minute scrimmage, which was characterized by frequent fumbling, and poor work on the part of the line men, H. Jones scored the only touchdown for the University team on a forward pass. Dunbar and Andrus of the college team frequently broke through and spoiled the plays before they were fairly started...
...second on the 2-yard line. Two line plays were tried, but the University team held. A penalty for offside play then put the ball on the 1-yard line from where White rushed it over through right guard. The first team's touchdown was made when a poor punt by Gilbert bounded back across the goal line where Kennard fell...