Word: team
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most serious fault in Yale's performance was the lack of team work resulting from a lack of training in the fundamentals. Co-ordination between the backs and the ends was not sufficient to permit successful completion of forward passes. Co-ordination between the line and the backfield was not sufficient to provide interference for the rush-line plays; and finally co-ordination between the different backs was not sufficient to carry through the plays in a critical moment...
...only was the team as a whole at fault but there were many examples of poor individual playing. French was too slow in getting his kick away on nearly every punt, while La Roche twice showed poor headwork. First, when, in the last quarter of the game Yale had carried the ball to within ten yards of the Boston College ten-yard line by a series of desperate rushes, and then was thrown back three times by the stiffened Cavanaugh defense, La Roche attempted to make fourth down on a forward pass. And later, on another fourth down, he sent...
...contrast to the work of the Yale team as a whole and of certain individuals, Kempton's splendid performance stood out in strong contrast. Whatever the critics of Yale said about her team they all insisted on praising him. Not only did he kick the field goal, but he was the only steadying influence on a badly rattled team...
Except for the fall to Yale's pride, however, the defeat was decidedly beneficial to Yale. Making no excuses for their failure Dr. Sharpe set to work to build up again his shattered team; and, what is most important, the entire University stood behind their coach, letting it be known to all the football world, that they had every confidence in the ability of their team to come back...
...next week the still improving eleven pushed 31 points over on the Maryland team, registering a touchdown in every playing period and injecting a field goal for good measure. As the Maryland team was the weakest they had met, the strength of their attack still remained a matter of doubt. But as to the ability of Kempton, as a field general, there could no longer be any question. He handled his eleven with consummate skill, taking advantage of every opportunity that was offered...