Word: punt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...half played, scored a touchdown on straight, simple plays. This was due mainly to the poor work of J. Lawrence, Barnard and Hollingsworth of the first, and the aggressive play of Whitwell of the third. Immediately after the first kick-off Kendall tried a punt, but Roberts blocked it, gaining the ball on the first eleven's twenty yard line. Captain Daly then went in on the third and tried a goal from the field, but it was blocked. After an exchange of punts the first eleven tried an end run, but Whitwell broke through and stopped the play...
...game began auspiciously for Harvard. On the first play after the kick-off Wesleyan tried a punt from her twenty-five yard line. Randall passed the ball over Thompson's head, and J. Lawrence broke through, picked up the ball on the run and scored the first touchdown, less than a minute after play had begun. He also kicked the goal. The next touchdown came more slowly. E. Kendall's ten yards, made on the kick-off, twenty more on the next play and Kernan's run of thirty yards around right end, took the ball to the ten yard...
...began to get in the way of each other. Finally, after a series of fairly good line plunges, the ball was carried past the ten yard line and Sawin made a touchdown. He also kicked the goal. Soon after the next kick-off Wesleyan took the ball on a punt and kept it until just before the end of the half. No scoring resulted, but many good gains were made, showing a decided weakness in the line, especially on the left side. The best feature of the half was a high punt by Stillman for more than fifty yards...