Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEAR SIRS-I think that the graduate who complains in the CRIMSON of the poor place reserved for coaches in the Yale-Harvard game is all wrong. He says that the coaches should have one side of the field instead of an end. But this would be manifestly unfair. A coach holds about twelve men on an average, but the space taken up by one would accommodate six rows of eight men each. or 48 men. Supposing that twenty coaches-a small number were present, two hundred and forty men would occupy the space which might have held nine hundred...
...Collamore took his place. Broughton, by two long rushes scored the second the second touchdown at 3.21. No goal. Score 10-0. Four minutes later Cummings was forced across the line, and the goal was kicked Score 16-0. The visitors now braced in their play, and aided by poor tackling by the freshmen, forced the ball into Harvard's territory. It took the freshmen fifteen minutes again to work the ball down the field, but at 3.39 Davis was again pushed across the line. Goal. Score 22-0. Soon after the ball had been put in play J. Borden...
...made this year, in the games so far played, with those of former years shows that the team is not up to the usual average, for this time of the season. The playing of the team at Philadelphia, in the championship game with the University of Pennsylvania was very poor and clearly proves the necessity of hard work if the eleven is to be brought up to the desired standard...
...sure that the majority of college men will agree with my opinion for it certainly seems a rather shabby proceeding to give such a poor place to the coaches which hitherto have had at least a respectable position on the field. I trust that measures will be promptly taken for altering what seems to me very absurd and unwise plans, and that all men who attend the game on coaches may have an even chance with other spectators...
...played a hard and tricky game and was only kept from scoring by the sharpest work. Several times the ball was carried the length of the field by short, quick rushes, which the Harvard rush line seemed unable to check. The other weak points in Harvard's play were poor passing, fumbling by the halfbacks, and inability of the rush line to hold their opponents long enough to give the fullback a fair chance to kick. The team played hard and in spite of the unsteadiness at times, there is good ground of encouragement in the strong rushing and blocking...