Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...They both broke through their opponents constantly and played well together on the defense. Graydon had B. G. Waters '95 for an opponent and made a good showing against him, as the backs were enabled to make several good gains through that position. Farley, Ristine and Campbell were still slow in getting down under punts, the second team succeeding in running several back. The best individual work of the day was done by Baldwin of the second eleven. He made several excellent tackles, ran the punts back successfully, and played his position well...
...played without a stop, and most of the time the ball was in the first team's territory. The backs on the first eleven fumbled on almost every play, without even the excuse of a wet ball, and when they managed to hold it their running was so slow that they were tackled from behind. There was no interference, and several times the runners were knocked down by men on their own team. This poor work is less discouraging, as none of the regular backs were in the game except Ellis and he played only part of the time...
...backs Ellis did the best work, as he made fewer fumbles than the others; but he did not strike the line with sufficient force, and was very slow in interfering for the other runners. Stillman made two fairly good end runs and did some good defensive work; otherwise his playing was very poor. He fumbled several times, and lost a great deal of ground by running back on end plays. This fault also characterized Derby's running. Fincke caught punts well, but was slow in passing the ball to the runners. The offensive work of Barnard and Lee was weak...
...Yale coaches are not satisfied with the recent development of the football squad. The one important fault is the slow starting of the backs on line plays. Brilliant individual work behind the line has resulted in large scores for Yale in every game this season, although the team work has been imperfect. The warm weather lately has been a great drawback to fast practice and it has made the team a little languid at times. This, however, seemed to disappear in the game with Bates on Wednesday in the rain, when for the first time the backs had sufficient life...
...eleven defeated Amherst yesterday afternoon by a score of 18 to 0. Fumbles and carelessness at critical points in the game, partly due to the rain and the consequent muddy field, prevented a larger score. Much of the fumbling was due to carelessness, however, and the team was slow at the times when a little fast work was especially needed. The handling of punts was very accurate, the backs making no fumbles and usually succeeding in getting a good start before being downed. The most exciting feature of the game was Amherst's near approach to scoring...