Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice was the hardest done this season. It began with starts and later the men were lined up in their positions and were coached at lunging with the snapping of the ball. This was to remedy the general slowness in jumping into plays, which would be disastrous against Pennsylvania's guards back. After a short signal practice the first and second elevens lined up for a game of thirty minutes. In this, all of the time was given to developing the defensive strength of the first eleven and the ball was constantly returned to the second after it had been...
...gains around his end. His playing was better than that of Hallowell, who since his injury has been unable to play his position well. Eaton was a little weak at his position in defense, and Graydon, who took his place, could open no holes. The guards and centre were slow and barely held their ground against lighter men. Daly hesitated noticeably in running in the open field and was a little slow at times, but his interference for the backs was the best he has yet done. Devens and Kendall could both gain ground, but they showed no persistency after...
...Freshman football team will play its sixth game of the season this afternoon with Groton School at Groton. The outcome of the game is very uncertain, since Groton has an unusually strong team. The Freshmen are still slow to improve and they are especially weak in the centre of the line. The only real changes thus far in the make-up of the team have been the substituting of Mackay for Lindsay at right halfback and of Dodge for Connor at left tackle. The line-up for Groton is as yet-undecided; for the Freshmen the following men will play...
...effective, but this may be attributed to his lack of experience with the guards back formation. Burnett and Sargent did some good tackling and fast interfering in the open field. J. Lawrence and Eaton opened holes well and were much steadier than usual. Campbell and Hallowell were slow and missed tackled frequently. The best work was done by the back field men, Fincke, Putnam, Kendall, Devens, and Stillman. Kendall and Devens took the full advantage of the interference in circling the ends and both made long runs. Much credit for these, however, must be given to Fincke and Putnam...
...game between the first and second elevens was slow and uninteresting. The first team had no trouble in preventing gains through the line, but by holding, off-side play, fumbles and poor tackling lost every chance of scoring. In fact the second team came much nearer to scoring than the first. The first eleven line was very unsteady and its ragged offensive work did not give the backs any opportunity to gain. The backs had practically no interference for end runs and did not help each other through the line as they should have done. The tackling and open field...