Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Captain Hurley's symptoms continue slightly to improve. He is perfectly comfortable and was in a wheeled chair on Sunday for the first time. No immediate operation is probable. His convalescence, however, is certain to be slow. W. H. BULLARD, M. D. E. H. NICHOLS...
...football season at Yale has been one of slow but steady improvement. Constant changes in the line, due to the competition for the places left vacant by graduation, have been responsible for weakness shown on the defense. This was especially noticeable in the Pennsylvania State and Brown games, but since then the defense has of course been strengthened as a result of the fewer changes which have been necessary. This building up of a new rush line has been the greatest problem which the coaches have had to face this year, with only two of last season's players...
Great reliance is placed in a versatile ground-gaining set of backs. Veeder, at left halfback, although inclined to be slow in starting, is strong on the defense, keeps his feet well and follows his interference. He is also a very reliable punter. Morse and Roome are both fast half-backs. Morse is a hard line plunger, and Roome is especially useful in helping along the runner. Levine and Flinn are powerful fullbacks, but the latter's defensive game is rather weak. Hutchinson and Jones both use good generalship and get the plays off fast. Jones is best on running...
...injuries. There were weak places near the centre of the Dartmouth line, but the tackleback play was practically the only one which could get through them. The secondary defense of Harvard was very poor, although in the second half Harrison added considerable strength to it. The Harvard line was slow in starting, an old fault, and the machine-like Dartmouth backs, running generally from a regular formation, were able to bend it back continually. Their gains were not long as a rule, but time and again they made first down in two rushes. Dartmouth gained mostly through the line, with...
...tackleback formation. Harrison was by far the best defensive back, and time and again was effective by stopping plays which had broken through weak places in the line. Peirce, who replaced White at left guard in the second half, strengthened that side of the line. The ends were again slow on punts, but Leary played a very steady game, and Knowlton, although showing lack of experience, was strong on the offense. The offensive work of the Dartmouth backs, notably Rich and Herr, was evidence of the advantage which team play gives against a heavier eleven, or one with stronger individual...