Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...think defensive kicking was never done any better than last year by Law, of Princeton, just as I think there never has been any better attacking kicker than Haughton, of Harvard, and his pupils...
...Yale, I think, that first conceived the idea of punting when punting was not to be expected. The original idea was not merely to avoid waste, but to disconcert the enemy. Under the old rules, and fitted with a running team of great power, Yale did not resort to kicking except on the last down. But since Yale used to pursue the policy of building the defence first, it became necessary to lay especial stress on the kicking game. It was natural that the Elis, accustomed to using the kicking game throughout the early season, should be the first...
...football game is changed nowadays less by running than by kicking. Even the inventors of the most deadly plays will admit that, I think. Gordon Brown's Yale eleven did not kick because it did not need to, nor did Warner's Carlisle eleven last year in the game against Dartmouth. It would be a mistake to suppose, however, that these two teams were not equipped with a first class kicking game. Brown's Yale team was irresistible, just as was Warner's on its big day. I doubt, however, whether either coaching system would think the less of kicking...
...think that really well placed and deadly punting of the most useful variety may take its date from the Harvard-Yale game of 1898, when Haughton was dropped back from tackle to do the kicking in a driving rain, and with a wet football--and anyone who has handled a wet football would be an easy winner in a greased pig contest--Haughton kicked to spots that could have been covered with the skin of gooseberry had they not already been covered by crimson jerseys. It was probably the finest piece of all round punting in the history...
...cloud thrown out by the Harvard system under Haughton is its much and carelessly criticized conservatism. It makes opponents think what the Harvard system wants them to think. Part of this system also has been the knitting together of loose strands that have always been woven through Harvard football. The rest of the system is familiar to men who have played under Haughton. But the keystone of the system is punting. And the keystone, better judges than I believe to be right...