Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Shift in University Order...
None of the football men who reported late for practice will take part in the game today. Morgan will probably be at right end in the forward line, and Palmer and Sortwell will exchange places, Palmer returning to centre. This shift has worked well in practice for the last two days. Wingate and P. H. Smart, who with S. B. Smart will constitute the defence, have played together in practice a large part of the time and have shown themselves a very effective combination...
...Cadets' score came on a field-goal by Miller in the second period. A line shift on the part of the Cadets in midfield had drawn in the Battery's secondary defence, and the ball was kicked over their heads, Hardwick finally recovering it on the four yard line. Minot at once punted but the kick was very poor, going outside on the 9-yard line...
...left guard. Wendell, on another try, fails to gain: Yale penalized five yards for offside. Harvard penalized five yards for offside. Potter makes a wild forward pass which goes into waiting arms of Spalding. Yale's ball on her 20-yard line. Philbin goes through center on a shift play and runs to Harvard's 50-yard line. Philbin and Camp fail to gain and Howe tries to punt. The ball goes to Harvard, however, as the ball does not go 20 yards. Felton punts to Howe on Yale's 40-yard line. Philbin cannot gain by rushing and Howe...
...last game of the season came, a week ago, an entirely new combination was forced to go in against Dartmouth. The team was without the services of its two best tackles, two of its best quarterbacks, and its best kicker. Within two weeks the line had suffered a radical shift, and just before the game Huntington had been drawn in to centre from fullback. It was very encouraging, therefore, when this reorganized team beat the team which had admittedly outplayed Princeton. The chief weakness shown was poor handling of punts, but this may be attributed largely to the slippery condition...