Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second half played very poorly. The line was constantly over anxious, losing 30 yards on off-side play, and had no stability in either attack or defense. The backs, handicapped by the weakness of the line, had little chance to gain, and lost what opportunities they did have by slow starting...
...right end filled his position well, stopping all the plays around his end and getting down quickly under punts. J. Lawrence, Barnard and Lee opened good holes in the opposing line and were fairly aggressive on the defense. Graydon and I. Kendall were valuable in line plays, but were slow in starting, and Graydon was several times uncertain about the signals. In the second half, Hollingsworth and R. Lawrence were continually off-side, and allowed Williams to gain twenty or thirty yards on revolving tackle plays. Whitwell was also over anxious, but was stronger on the defense...
...done by E. Kendall, who failed only twice to make substantial gains both round left end and through the line. His work, however, was marred by frequent failures to stick to his interference, I. W. Kendall and Kernan both gained ground when called upon, but they were rather slow in starting. The backs often reached holes in the line a little too late and sometimes did not find them at all. Campbell and Blagden opened wide holes in the Wesleyan line and did excellent work in boxing the opposing tackle. J. Lawrence and Lee were also valuable in helping...
...work ended with sharp fielding practice. A number of different plays were run through, the men showing up fairly well in every case, though they seemed a little slow after their hard work of the last two days. The outfielders had a very thorough practice under W. H. Rand '98, and B. H. Hayes '98. They played very well, covering a great deal of ground, and being generally sure in their work...
Switzer, number 2, clips the first part of the stroke and fails entirely to hold it out at the finish. He is also slow on the recover...