Word: weak
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...scoring two touchdowns against them, was by no means greatly superior. Punts were exchanged on almost every other play. Burr had the advantage over Cutler, but, nevertheless, was unable to keep the ball within striking distance of the Freshmen's goal. The backfield work of the University eleven was weak and most of Cutler's punts were poorly handled. The Freshman ends got down the field well under every punt and their tackling spoiled all chances of running the ball back for any gain...
...preliminary work the linemen were alternately given offensive and defensive work, which consisted mainly in blocking off and holding for Burr's punts. The defense was weak and, although some excellent individual work was shown, the offense had little difficulty in breaking through. Newhall and Lockwood were in football clothes yesterday, and ran through signals with the team...
...pulled him along on every play till the ball was actually downed. He followed the ball closely, was all over the field, and played a hard, fast game. However, he was the only redeeming feature of the backfield. Butt and Gilbert fumbled constantly and on the defense were very weak. Butt in particular was drawn in on almost every end play and as a result, Colton and Honhart made repeated gains around his end. He was slow in starting and his tackling was poor. Not a single punt was caught by the University backfield, Butt, Gilbert and Starr all being...
...harm than good. If, however, these players should unite to form a superior sort of "second" eleven they would be of much more real assistance in the University team. A hard game some little time before the end of the season is a great help in showing where the weak points are, and to be beaten by a team of Harvard graduates would not rankle in the same way as a defeat at the hands of our strong rivals...
...first team's line was weak in holding on punts, and as a result some of Burr's and Starr's frequent kicks were blocked, generally by Osborne. Neither team seemed able to gain around the opposing ends. Starr and Rand were usually thrown for losses on right end plays by Morse or Osborne, and the second halfbacks could not gain around Forster or Macdonald. White played an excellent game for the second, and their steady gains through guard and centre were due to his hard line-bucking. Towards the end of the scrimmage Fish and Inches changed places...