Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard played a far stronger game than was expected. Besides the excellent team play and interference, the individual players made every effort count towards getting the ball to the goal. This was shown in the way the men tackled, throwing their man always in the right direction and in a manner to prevent his making any further gain. The backs when tackled showed the same efforts to make the small points count. Harvard outplayed Yale in rushing the ball and in defensive work...
...defensive play, the Harvard centre has been weaker than Yale's, while the ends were far stronger. In fact, Yale's greatest weakness will be at one end or the other. If the Harvard interference is worked rightly either Brewer or Wrightington can hardly fail to gain ground...
...game on this one circumstance, but the facts bear out such a judgment. The teams are so evenly matched in ordinary play that, leaving the punting out of consideration, they are likely not to score at all, or else to play a tie game. Accordingly, the side which is stronger in punting will resort to it constantly, and in that way force the other side to punt. The result will be that eventually the side which punts best will gain solely on exchange of kicks and finally score...
...play on Saturday against Columbia could not have been worse, but it was on Monday. The second eleven went through any and all parts of the line, and scored three touchdowns in fifteen minutes. Yesterday afternoon against the 'varsity the team braced up and played a good deal stronger game, but were far from winning form...
Taken individually the men who will line up against each other are said to be very evenly matched. Princeton's line is probably a good deal stronger on the defense than Pennsylvania's. Back of the line the advantage seems to be with the red and blue. Williams, U. of P.'s quarterback, is a better tackler, a better interferer, and handles the ball more cleanly than Poe of Princeton. The halfbacks are of almost equal strength, but Pennsylvania expects Brooke, her fullback, to do wonders for the team by his punting...