Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yale tried one rush, then Coy kicked to O'Flaherty. The ball hit the ground but lie managed to recover it and ran back ten yards before Kilpatrick forced him outside on Harvard's 26-yard line. Corbett was given the ball and went outside of tackle for 25 yards, Howe tackling him on the 51-yards line. Leslie gained five yards through tackle, then Corbett made a first down by an 18-yard line Minot made a short gain through centre, Leslie made eight yards but Browne was seen holding and Harvard was Penalized 15 yards. From Yale...
Soon after the beginning of the second half, Groton tried a forward pass, but fumbled, Lewis recovering the ball for the Freshmen in the middle of the field. Wendell carried the ball to Groton's 3-yard line in three plays, and on the next rush scored a touchdown. Lewis kicked the goal...
...unexpected strength of the Williams football team, coupled with some very listless and stupid playing by the University team, permitted the visitors not only to score but to hold Harvard to an 8 to 6 victory. In the first half Williams started off with a rush and caught the University players off their guard. Two careless fumbles in the Harvard backfield, hard tackling by the Williams ends, who followed the ball exceedingly well, resulted in a touchdown for Williams in less than five minutes after the kick-off. Throughout the remainder of the half Harvard was played to a standstill...
McKay kicked off to Stevens who passed the ball to Peterson, the crisscross gaining twenty-seven yards, as G. G. Browne had been drawn in by the trick. After one rush Stevens made an onside kick which Leslie fumbled and Williams recovered the ball in the centre of the field. Here Harvard held well, securing the ball on downs. Two line plunges gained but two yards and Frothingham punted outside on Williams's 45-yard line. Williams was penalized for starting before the ball and Stevens punted over O'Flaherty's head, the ball rolling toward the Harvard goal. Three...
Since Monday there has been an improvement in the work of the second and third crews, but their rowing is not up to the standard. In the University crew the faults noticeable the first day on the river have not disappeared. The men still rush the slides, jerk at the catch and show a general unsteadiness. The individual work of the men in the first boat has been fairly good, but the crew rows as individuals and not as one man. The stern four are responsible for the tendency to rush the slides...