Word: runner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...doubles as soon as the singles are well under way. The entry list, so far as is known, is the largest on record anywhere, and includes 134 entries for the singles and 34 pairs in the doubles. In addition to the two cups regularly given to the winner and runner-up of the singles, two cups will also be given this year to the losing players in the semi-finals...
Shea received the kick-off for Harvard, and ran it in about ten yards to the 30-yard line. Nesmith fumbled on the first play and Lewis fell on the ball. Two gains gave Amherst first down. Bowditch threw the runner back 4 yards and Shay punted. The kick was blocked, and Coburn got it for Harvard on the 16-yard line. From that point the ball was carried down the field 50 yards to Amherst's 44-yard line; the backs alternated in making gains of from 3 to 7 yards, and Hurley went around left...
...intended to eliminate roughness as much as possible,--and this result should be achieved through such provisions as those which prevent interference with a man who is punting or making a fair catch of a punt,--but as experience has shown, the new rules bring no relief to the runner, for he is forced to hit the line as fast as ever, but without the protection afforded by the fifth man allowed under the old rules. One notable feature of the new rules is that all penalties are now provided for without involving the loss of the ball...
...strength to give the university team good practice. The university eleven has shown up well in the two games played, with Trinity and Tufts. The line, however, charges too high and the men do not move forward together; there is not enough of the helping and pulling of the runner which characterized the 1902 line. The work of the backs has been fast and consistent, but they show a lack of head work and have a tendency to get in each other...
...whole was quite satisfactory. In the line-up the first team was kept on the defense for the greater part of the time, but succeeded almost invariably in holding the second team for no gain, and Bowditch and Shea each broke through once and tackled the second team runner for a loss...