Word: runner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...good condition; he passes the ball well, is a strong defensive player, and very active for his weight. Kersburg, after playing on the team last year, is very nearly the leader of the eleven; he is a mainstay on the defensive, and helps the runner along well on the offensive. Burr is probably the most valuable man on the eleven; he plays guard in splendid shape, and is the best kicker on the football field today. Osborne and Peirce have developed into good tackles, and Inches plays a hard game but is rather light for the position...
...Forbes '07, left end, is fast in getting down the field under punts. his general line-blocking is poor, his interference for a runner in the open field is good, but his defense against end runs is not satisfactory...
...backs for about 15 minutes in order to give them confidence while playing in the backfield, and practice in blocking off tacklers. All the ends ran down the field in turn under the punts. The catching was very satisfactory and much improvement was shown in the interference given the runner. Parker and Wendell tried several goals from the field. Hall and Kennard made a few attempts for goals from drop kicks from behind the line of scrimmage...
...noticeable features of Harvard's work Saturday were the team play and the ability to follow the ball Except in a few cases where the runner received poor interference the men played well together, producing a team which acted as a unit. The ends of both elevens showed great ability, and were particularly fast in getting down the field under punts. In Starr the University eleven seems to have an end who is well able to fill his position, for on Saturday he demonstrated his ability to handle the ball, get down the field in time, tackle with sureness...
...showed a semblance of the team play and rushing ability which characterized the Springfield game, and which was entirely lacking in the game with West Point. The linemen, who were rather slow in their work, tackled with some sureness in the close formations, but generally failed to stop the runner in the open field. On the ends Brown had a great advantage, for Kennard and Macdonald were too slow in getting down the field under punts and were often blocked out of plays by the speedy Brown ends...