Word: trick
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard's twenty yard line and Harvard fumbling it on Brown's five yard line. In the first part of the second half Harvard played a little faster and scored twice, but the men soon became slow and careless again, and Brown made a touchdown on a simple trick play...
...Fincke was in poor form and was not as steady as usual. His fumbles were costly and lost a great deal of ground. The playing of the ends was the worst done this year. Ristine, Clark and Bowditch were all easily boxed and were not watchful enough in stopping trick plays. All of the responsibility for Brown's gains does not rest on the ends, however, as the secondary defense of the backs was poor. All of the men in the line, with the possible exception of J. Lawrence, were slow and awkward both in defense and offense. They played...
...heavy men previously used. The creditable work of Dupee and Fincke, which may ensure positions on the team, to both, contrasted most favorably with the previous work of the Yale back field. Yale's play was fast and varied and on the defensive they sized up the Indian's trick plays with little difficulty...
...score, however, gives no indication of the closeness of the game nor the relative strength of the two teams as first constituted. Carlisle, going into the game with the reputation of playing straight football and relying on mere strength to win, began at the start a series of trick plays and unusual formations that entirely upset Harvard's defense. These plays resulted in a touchdown for Carlisle in less than five minutes. Then Harvard by a temporary rally took the ball to Carlisle's thirty-five yard line, where Daly kicked a field goal. This bit of individual playing alone...
...plunging backs, who have been so successful against other teams, could make no consecutive gains through the line, and only once did they get first down. Another pleasing feature of Harvard's play was the way in which the men followed the ball on the defense. Columbia tried trick plays frequently and executed them well, but there was always a Harvard man ready to stop them, and whenever Columbia made a fumble Harvard took advantage of it and got the ball. The team play, however, was not good. The interference on end plays was not fast enough, and the Columbia...