Word: punt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Traditional basic formation for Harvard elevens is a Harlow mixture that has been called everything from a modified T to a modified single wing, or even a double wing. This year a fairly deep punt formation, a straight T, and a regular single wing are figuring prominently in Lamon's plans also...
...high-calibre punter and fast wingmen. The point, as illustrated amply in the W. P. I. encounter by booter Walt Coulson and several hard-charging Lamar linemen, is to keep kicking after one or two running plays, until a break comes, in the form of a fumble by the punt-returner, or a blocked kick...
What made the situation worse was the fact that the two first-string guards were out of action after about ten minutes of play. Gibby King threw a terrific block on the first punt of the game, getting Paul Garrity off to a nice runback, but King had to go out three plays later with a back injury as a result of that block...
...progress was made on Hugo Norige's bucks, which did the whole job on the second touchdown. In fact, an end run by Charlie Schmit was the only other appreciable gain from scrimmage made by the Engineers. This Schmit boy is the one who went 72 yards on a punt return for the first touch down on one of the prettiest displays of open-field running and blocking to be seen in the Stadium in recent years...
Both teams were hold down by the weather. Only near goal resulted when Dunster recovered a fumbled Adams punt to run the ball down to the Gold Coasters' six yard line...