Word: slow
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard team lined up for the last period there was an entirely new line and two substitutions in the backfield. Corbett returned to right halfback and acted as captain for the remainder of the game. On the whole the playing was slow, and the punts, of which there were a great many, fell short owing to the soggy condition of the ball...
...University football team will play the third game of the season with Williams in the Stadium this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Last year Williams was defeated, 8 to 6, in a slow game, in which Williams scored a touchdown in the first five minutes of play. This year the Williams team is made up of new men, only three of the eleven having played against Harvard before. Nevertheless a hard game is expected, as the Harvard line will be more nearly matched in weight than in either of the two previous games. The ends are light and fast...
...University backs advanced the ball without much difficulty for a touchdown. In the remaining time two more touchdowns were scored, Campbell, who took Corbett's place, being especially effective at circling both the second team's ends. The latter, in comparison with Lewis and Smith, the University ends, were slow in getting down under punts. Consequently the University backs got free for long gains through a broken field. On the defence the University team was practically invincible, the second team backs gaining first down but twice in the entire scrimmage. The new combination on the left of the line seems...
Brookins.--Altitude: first, $3,000; slow lap: first, $1,000; accuracy: second, $250 (cup). Total...
Prizes were also offered for amateurs in the following events: speed, duration, slow lap, and dropping bombs on dummy battleship. All of these were won by Clifford B. Harmon in a Farman biplane