Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...progress so far has not been as rapid as was expected. The team as a whole is not aggressive enough; the men do not make the most of their opportunities. On the defence there is a distinct weakness in breaking through and on the offense the interference is slow in starting and runs too easily...
Harvard fumbled badly, yet only once did she lose the ball through her own carelessness. West Point, however, was less lucky. Of five fumbles, four resulted in a loss of the ball when steady gains were advancing it towards Harvard's line. Harvard's play was slow and ragged on the defensive while West Point's was at least snappy and aggressive, though not always effective. With the exception of Sawin's runs of 25 and 30 yards, Dibblee's dodging run of 30 yards and Warren's plunge of 30 yards through centre, West Point's backs proved themselves...
...second managed to break through their line rather easily. This seemed to be due principally to the fact that the men in the senior line failed to get down to the plays, standing too upright so that they were easily forced backward. The '98 ends were also slow in getting down the field on kicks and sometimes failed to tackle the fullback. The second played their usual snappy game. Wadsworth, Gray, Hoague and Graydon showing up especially well. For '98, Riggs, Flershem, Stone and Vincent did best...
...game showed that their greatest weakness lay in their fumbling and in the slow running of the backs. Catlin and Adams did the best work for '99, both showing up well in many plays. The teams lined up as follows...
...virtually the instrument of Dibblee's long run of 50 yards for a touchdown. He ran the plays with a great deal of judgment and infused plenty of spirit into the men, by his energetic style of play. His most conspicuous fault was a tendency to be slow with the signals, but this was probably in some part, the fault of the backs, who seemed to be unfamiliar with the code. Sawin proved to be a good ground gainer. He did nothing in particular the first half, but was rather unfortunate several times in not having good interference. He seems...