Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...interference of the first team, though still ragged, was more consistent and effective than on the day before. The backs started somewhat more quickly and the linemen opened better holes. The first was able to gain on the second at almost every rush, but the gains would have been longer if the men had put more snap into their play...
...weak to admit of their being worked effectively. Only once did a trick play result in a considerable gain, when toward the end of the first half Johnson, on a double pass, carried the ball 20 yards around left end. The success of this play encouraged Carlisle to rush the ball to the 8 yard line, where time was called. Except for this the Harvard goal was never seriously threatened...
...feet well. Kernan followed his interference perfectly, and by his punting gained much ground for Harvard. McGrew at fullback played the best game he has done this year hitting the line hard, though a little high, and keeping his feet cleverly. His recovery of Carlisle's fumble and a rush of 25 yards through the line were excellent plays...
...November number of the Monthly contains as its leading article a discussion by Dean Shaler of "The 'Bloody Monday' Question." The writer makes a strong plea for the discontinuance of the annual Sophomore-Freshman rush; the arguments he uses are forceful and are likely to be convincing to the under-graduate body if regard for old custom is not too strong for the judgments of cool reasoning...
...article by Thornton Gerrish '01 on "The International Athletic Games," editorials on the question of the abolishment of the rush, as suggested by Professor Shaler, on the international track games, and on the Yale Bicentennial, together with a number of book reviews, complete the number...