Word: shifting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University eleven in a 25-minute scrimmage yesterday afternoon was able to score only one touchdown. The main fault with the work was the failure of the line men and the backs to play low. There was also considerable fumbling by both the first and second teams. The wing-shift play, with Meier carrying the ball, was used effectively several times...
...chief objections against going to the Stadium are the breaking of old College custom and the distance of the Stadium from the Yard. The first of these objections is more seeming than real for the Statue exercises were a make-shift from the old exercises, and are but six years old, having been started by the class of '98. The second objection may seem more serious to some, but when one considers the ease and readiness with which fellows march to the games it does not appear so objectionable...
...ball 70 yards without a single failure to make first down, the defense, throughout the game, was utterly powerless either to analyze or to stop Carlisle's advance with the ball. Double and delayed passes, quarterback runs, straight mass plays through tackle, varied by different wing shift formations, were all in turn, used most successfully in bending back the Harvard line. The one reliable part of the defense was the work of the ends, particularly Bowditch, who spoiled several of Carlisle's plays around the end. Although during the middle of the second half, the University's attack was irresistible...
...number of radical changes were made yesterday in the orders of the University first and second crews, both of which had been rowing in the same orders since last Thursday. The most important shift was the substitution of McGrew for Dillingham at stroke in the first eight, Dillingham going to stroke in the second. This is the first time that McGrew has stroked the crew this season, he having been rowing regularly at 6. Wolcott, who has lately been stroking the second crew, was moved to 2 in the first, and Filley, who was formerly in this place was changed...
...chances of success seem extremely good. The place of Goodridge, who will not play tonight, owing to a protest from Columbia, will be filled by Lovering, a hard, aggressive, but inexperienced player. Owing to this change in the line-up, the three regular forwards have been obliged to shift their positions, thus temporarily decreasing the general efficiency of the team, but not forming a serious obstacle to its future development. Columbia has an excellent team and a close game is expected...