Word: uselessness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...yard rule is excellent to make the offense resort to the open plays; the limiting of the number of men behind the line has the same effect. Without the onside kick and forward pass, however, the first two changes would be useless, for the only open play then available would be the long kick or quarterback kick. As originator of the onside kick rule I may possibly be prejudiced; but it seems that it would be a grave mistake to go back to the rule allowing the back field men to let a ball bounce around on the ground...
...proved more efficient, but if he himself has been clearly in the lead in the actual competition and is defeated because he is not the sort of a man who would be popular with the players or represent the University creditably, his work seems worse than useless...
...parade. Those, however, who shun the cheering section merely because of the discomfort of walking in a crowd, should realize that they have more responsibility than at a professional game. Numbers count in cheering as well as enthusiasm, and a half-filled cheering section is nearly as useless as none at all. Let every man who has no good reason for doing otherwise, plan to march to the field and procure a seat in the cheering section at the first sale...
...probation, and so is enabled to play. This will greatly increase Yale's chances, as he has already won two games from the Princeton freshmen by the scores of 1 to 0 and 10 to 0. Owing to the lack of a pitcher before Merritt came out, it is useless to give any of the early scores of the team, as several substitutes were tried with little success...
...tireless manager have developed a splendid feeling of spirited work and good fellowship. We trust that Saturday's victory will strengthen this spirit, and that the men will keep it up until the intercollegiate meet, which we are again fortunate in having on our own field. Although it is useless to attempt to predict the result of this meet, we feel confident that the team that won from Yale on Saturday can and will represent Harvard worthily...