Word: punt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...usual in spite of two misplays. Through his judgment Harvard's attack was distributed in such a way as to take the most advantage of Pennsylvania's weak spots. Besides this he did some brilliant running in broken fields. He made anywhere from five to twenty yards after receiving punts, and once threaded his way through almost the entire Pennsylvania eleven for forty-five yards in spite of the fact that he had fumbled the punt before making the run. All of the men in the line did better than was expected. The guards, Barnard and Lee, both against...
...more important movements of the game were as follows: Shortly after Hare's kick-off two twenty yard runs by Sawin and two exchanges of punts gave Harvard the ball in the middle of the field. Ellis plunged six yards through the centre, and on the next play Sawin circled Davidson's end for twenty yards. Kendall and Ellis carried the ball to the twenty-five yard line. Then Sawin with excellent interference got around Davidson's end again and did not stop until Daly had pulled him across the goal line. J. Lawrence kicked an easy goal after...
...second touchdown came only a few minutes later. Graves's fumble of a punt and Kendall's fumble after being tackled gave Pennsylvania the ball on her twenty yard line. On Hare's attempt to punt J. Lawrence broke through, blocked the ball, kicked it over the line and fell on it. He also kicked the goal...
...West Point has improved considerably both in offense and defense within the past two weeks, and it was with difficulty that Yale scored. The Yale team was weakened by the absence of Olcott, Sheldon and Gould. On the defense Yale was very strong and repeatedly forced West Point to punt, but the offensive work, though brilliant at times, was uneven, and some losses were sustained through slow starting. However, Yale showed great power of determination in gaining on third down, and often made the required distance after being held twice for little or no gain. Holding in the line...
McCracken and Wallace made 3 yards in two centre plunges and Hare tried to kick, but Lawrence broke through, blocked the kick and fell on the ball for Harvard's second touchdown, after Hare had tried in vain to recover it. Daly made another good punt-out and Lawrence kicked his second goal...