Word: superiorities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Individually many of Harvard's men played a superb game. Burr's punting was superior to that of Veeder, and several times he showed remarkable nerve in getting off kicks when the passes had been poor and Yale men were about to block him. Osborne at tackle was the most conspicuous man in the two lines, often breaking through to block plays, tackling hard, and following the ball exceptionally well. Macdonald was not always alert, and at times he was blocked out of plays that he should have stopped. Starr several times overran his man and in general...
Under the old rules the result might have been otherwise because the University line from tackle to tackle was superior to the Yale line. It was the versatility and precision of the Yale attack which undoubtedly caused Harvard's defeat, together with the superb generalship of T. Jones, the Yale quarterback. On the whole the two elevens were fairly evenly matched, for what advantage Harvard had in the line was counterbalanced by the excellence of the opposing backs and substitute backs, and by the University team's weakness on the ends...
Burr's punting was slightly superior to Veeder's but the Harvard ends were slow in taking advantage of that fact...
...first half Yale showed a very powerful offensive ability and used the onside kick and forward pass to great advantage on several occasions when the Yale team was within striking distance of Harvard's goal line. Harvard's team played very good football and it was only Yale's superior ability in open plays that enabled her to score...
Saturday afternoon the Freshman football team tied with Phillips Exeter Academy on Soldiers Field, neither side scoring. On the offensive the Freshmen were superior to Exeter, but both teams were weak on the defense. The Freshman backfield was fast, especially Gregory, right half-back, who showed himself a good ground-gainer. Exeter's ends were faster than d'Este or Browne. Vaughn for Exeter did good work running back punts...