Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Although the game was not rough, it was an exhibition of very spirited football, and showed that the present rules at least did away with much unnecessary violence. Of the new rules, the one requiring a gain of 10 yards in three downs is responsible for yesterday's low score, for neither team could gain this distance consistently. The quarterback kick was successfully used by the University team, but the forward pass was a failure. The neutral zone rule appeared to be a very wise provision, as it made it much easier to follow the plays through the line...
...half. The Freshmen rowed a 29 stroke, while that of the university eight was 28. No announcement was made of the time of the four-oar, which was sent over a two-mile course. As the tide was going out, and a cross wind blowing, the water was very rough during the afternoon. In the morning all three crews went out as usual for a short...
...June 13, 1906.--All the Harvard crews had light work today. In the morning the University eight rowed down stream at an easy pace for about 1 1-4 miles. The water was a little rough and Filley kept the stroke at 28, only raising it once for a few strokes...
...afternoon the crew left the float at 5.50 o'clock and went down stream for about two miles, keeping close to the east shore in order to avoid the rough water occasioned by an ebbing tide and a south wind. They rowed out in the current on the way back to the quarters. Filley maintained throughout the practice the slowest stroke he has used this year, paddling along at 26 and 27 strokes to the minute. The shell was on an even keel all the time and the men rowed in clean form...
GALES FERRY, June 13, 1906.--In a brush between the Yale university and freshman crews this afternoon, the freshmen won by a length. The brush was not spirited, however, and the stroke was not raised above 28 to the minute. Rough water hindered the work, but the university eight went up stream close behind the launch...