Word: shorts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...short scrimmage was held between the University substitutes and the second team, in which the former scored twice. Cutting was put in at quarterback for the substitutes as it was deemed necessary to develop another man for that position, on account of the injuries to the regular quarterbacks...
...practice for the first team was lighter than that of the past two days. There was no scrimmage, and, after a short preliminary drill, the signals were run through and the men were dismissed. All of the regular players were in uniform, with the exception of Bird, who watched the practice from the side lines. Newhall was in football clothes, but was not put in the line-up, Starr taking his place at quarterback. Houston ran through signals at left end. It is still undecided as to who shall play left end, but there is strong probability of Houston...
...third football mass meeting of the year will be held tonight at 7.30 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union. G. G. Ball '08 will preside and lead the cheering. Both long and short cheers will be practiced, but special attention will be given to short cheers No. 1, and No. 2, as these have not been very successful so far this season...
...passed by the Legislature of 1904 authorizing an expenditure of $120,000 for a new Soldiers Field bridge, but the money has never been appropriated, and no plans for a new bridge have been made. A short time after the passage of this act, the Cambridge Bridge Commission passed a vote requesting Mr. Jackson, the city engineer of Boston, to make plans for a new bridge costing about $35,000, to be erected near the site of the present bridge. It was thought that a larger expenditure was unnecessary, as the alumni will probably erect a bridge over the Charles...
...last minute of the first half, Harvard had the ball on Yale's seven-yard line. A delayed pass from Pope to Minot was tried but it fell short, and neither Minot nor any other player touched the ball. On the first bounce Hopkins, Yale's quarterback, got the ball and ran 100 yards for a touchdown. Pope's pass was distinctly forward, and, as no man touched it before it struck the ground, Harvard should have retained possession of the ball and been penalized 15 yards, according to the rules...