Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...whole is not up to the standard of the first crew of last year. The blade work is fairly good, but the men do not seem to get any drive to their strokes. In addition to these faults the recovery is too slow and there is a tendency to rush the slides...
...HAVEN, CONN., Oct. 14.--Yale defeated Holy Cross this afternoon 36 to 10, in a poorly played game. The Yale rush line played well in the first half, but lacked aggressiveness in the second. In the backfield, however. Neal, Soper and Mitchell did well, the latter making a splendid run of thirty yards for a touchdown...
...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 end for 20 yards. At this point Harvard lost the ball on Nesmith's second fumble. Amherst failed to gain on the first rush, and Shay kicked to Noyes, who was downed on Harvard's 38-yard line. On the first play Hurley circled Amherst's right end for 36 yards. Twelve rushes brought the ball to the 3-yard line. The ball was carried over, but, as Chase of Amherst was off-side...
...last meeting of the Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee in Philadelphia on Saturday, the work of revising the present code was completed. It was agreed that seven men should play in the rush line of both the attacking and defending teams. When, however, the ball is within either of the twenty five yard lines, either team may play as formerly with only five men in the line...
...freshman a half a length ahead. The freshman crew went out again at 5.30 o'clock this afternoon and the university and four-oared at 6 o'clock. The university crew was particularly coached on getting a quick catch. Several of the men showed a bad tendency to rush the slide...