Word: snap
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...team as a whole play with more snap than they did a little while ago, and some of the men follow the ball and back the others up pretty well; but they do not get through the rush line quick enough; and even when they do, they do not seem to know where to get to stop the opposing half-back from kicking the ball back. In the whole of the game against Andover, the Harvard rush line did not stop the halfbacks from kicking one single time after a down, a showing which, as they were playing against...
Saturday afternoon the Harvard second eleven played Tufts at College Hill. Tufts played a good game, and had no difficulty in holding and getting through Harvard's rush line. Cook, the end rusher, especially getting on to the half-backs in fine style. Harvard played with snap and vim, Dudley and Griffin doing some good tackling and rushing. During the first half no score was made. A touchdown and a goal were made by Harvard in the second half...
...doubles, and Yale first in doubles and second in singles. The foot-ball team continues to practice every afternoon at the Yale Field. The team will, it is true, consist chiefly of veterans of a year's standing, yet to the ordinary observer, they appear to play with less snap and vigor than they did last year. The accidents to Hamlin and Bull of last year's eleven, are crippling the eleven seriously The following men played in the last game: rushers, Wallace, Gill, Pike, Corbin (centre), Woodruff, Carter, Corwin (captain); Beecher, quarter-back; Wurtenburg and Watkinson, half-backs; Pratt...
...general the playing 04 the Harvard team was energetic and full of "snap," but the tackling was high and the rusher with the ball was not well backed up by the other members of the team. Harding played a brilliant game, making several fine rushes and tackling well. Porter played a strong game as half-back, and made several long rushes, but he was poorly backed up. In no respect, perhaps, is the contrast between a Yale, a Princeton eleven and a Harvard eleven more marked than in the manner in which the runner with the ball is protected...
...foot-ball game with Tufts yesterday was distinguished by considerable "snap" and energy in playing. But the same old fault of tackling too high was noticeable, and in rushing the ball down the field the runner was generally poorly supported. It must be remembered that the opposing team was far from strong, and that these faults would be fatal against a heavy team such as Yale or Princeton will present. Brilliant playing was done by individual members of the eleven, but steadier team play is the great object to be attained...