Word: rushing
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...points to 6. Though the score was at no time in West Point's favor, it stood 6 to 6 at the end of the first half, and the final result was in doubt up to the last few minutes of play. The University eleven worked diligently, but every rush was met by such a solid resistance that advances of more than from one to three yards at a time were almost impossible, and frequently there was no gain at all. West Point on the other hand, with their simple plays, had very little difficulty in penetrating the line...
...proved again that the University eleven has failed to better its playing under three weeks of efficient coaching. Every fault that the team has shown this fall cropped out in yesterday's game, and the wonder of it all is that the team ever pulled together enough to rush the ball through much lighter opponents the twenty-five yards necessary for its touchdown. Moreover, if a light team can go through Harvard the way Amherst did, it would be interesting to know what opponents of equal or greater weight will accomplish...
Individually Bowditch, King and Barnard did the best work for Harvard. Bowditch missed a tackle, but his stopping of end plays with little assistance from the rush line halfback's was remarkable. Together with Barnard he was very successful in helping along the runners on the offense. King, in spite of his weight, followed the ball better than the other men, and did some good work in the line. A Marshall was put in at guard for the first time. He did not use his weight to advantage and was slow in breaking through. Of the tackles used, Knowlton...
...interference on a play around right end and tackled Lindsay for a loss. The first eleven punted, but regained the ball on a fumble on the second eleven's thirty-five yard line. From there the ball was advanced from five to ten yards on almost every rush, and Meier, who had replaced Graydon, carried the ball over. The line-ups were as follows: FIRST ELEVEN. SECOND ELEVEN. Burgess, l.e. r.e., Crocker Wright, l.t. r.t., Leaycraft Hovey, l.g. rg., Fry King, c. c., Lyon Shea, r.g. l.g., Coburn Knowlton, r.t. l.t., Oveson Bowditch, r.e. l.e., Goodhue Marshall, q.b. q.b., Noyes...
...forming of the interference may have invited the backs to branch out in this way for themselves, but even granting this they should not have been so absolutely helpless when left alone. One of the most discouraging features of the play was the remarkable inability of the ends and rush-line halfbacks to stop simple end runs. That this was the first game of the season is not a sufficient excuse for such miserable playing as that which allowed a not over-strong backfield, with practically no interference, to pass the ends almost at will. The generalship of the team...