Word: punching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard had a positive scoring punch, though the team's play on the defensive and, for that matter, on the offensive, was somewhat ragged and unfinished. Princeton lacked the scoring power which she has been promising to develop these many years. A first class defence and a good kicking game have been Princeton's chief assets ever since football was modernized. But to win consistently something more than these assets is required...
...second football team was defeated 9 to 0 by Andover at Andover yesterday. The seconds outrushed and outplayed their opponents securing 14 first downs to their opponents two, but lacked "punch," so that the school boys were able to score three drop-kicks...
...football team capable of defeating both the University and Princeton that fall. In his opinion. Yale "possesses a good defence and harder hitting offence than her two rivals, and in addition has the two big assets for a victory, a 'threat' in the person of Legore and the 'punch,' a style of play developed by Jones at Exeter and now being instilled into the Yale team...
After stating that Princeton lacked this "Punch" and were weak on the ends of the line. Duffey goes on to discuss the University's outlook. He does not believe that Casey will prove a serious "threat" because of his inability to punt. If fact he classes the entire team as second-rate with the exception of the ends and tackles and Captain Dadmun. He is particularly severe on he backfield with the exception of Casey...
Linesmen Lack Punch...