Word: strength
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University association football team will play the Worcester Association Football Club eleven on Soldiers Field today at 2.30 o'clock. The strength of the visiting team is unknown. Two years ago the club's team defeated the University men by the score of 2 to 0. An interesting game is to be expected however...
...quarter of a century ago Harvard defeated Princeton 12 to 0. Saturday Harvard defeated Princeton 16 to 6. From the beginning to the end of the game, scarcely a fault could be found with the playing of the University team; its strength as a combination was only surpassed by Brickley's strength as an individual. Generalship, absence of fumbling, the splendid aggressiveness of the line, and above all the kicking of Brickley and Felton won the game for Harvard. Captain Wendell's injured ankle prevented his playing more than a minute. It is to be hoped that he will...
...strength of the University line was at no time better shown than when Baker, the Princeton quarterback, attempted to gain through centre from a fake kick formation and was time and again stopped with maximum gains of two or three yards. As for the ends, they were not drawn in on end runs, which perhaps accounts for the fact that the backfield of which so much was expected failed to get loose. O'Brien's tackle under Felton's long punt was one of the prettiest...
Princeton has played no game which affords direct or certain comparison of its merits with those of the University team. Two things are, however, certain: Princeton's strength, though undetermined, is great; and her team is composed of men who may be expected to struggle...
...time, however, was composed almost entirely of second string men and can hardly be taken as proof of the lack of ability of the team as a whole. During both this game and the contest against Amherst a week later, the University team has shown that its greatest strength lies in line rushes and what is known as "old-fashioned" football. It has given evidence that in Brickley it possesses a drop-kicker dangerous within the thirty-five yard line, and most to be feared when kicking at a difficult angle...