Word: westing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...kick-offs, but he relied too much upon the centre plays during the first half. Though Pennsylvania's centre was very weak, the tackle and guard plays did not gain so much as did the end plays in the second half. In this half assisted by the strong west wind Harvard should have made more than sixteen points. This low score was partly on account of offside play which gave the visitors many yards during the game. In the second half, Harvard started off with more snap and better interference which kept on improving until the last few minutes...
Other scores Saturday: Brown 24, Newton A. A. O; Amherst 6, Williams 6; Princeton 57, Lafayette 0; Cornell 45, Penn. State College 0; West Point 48, Lehigh 6; Newtowne 20, North Shore 0; Groton 7, St. Marks 2; Bates 30, Phillips Exeter 0; Hotchkiss 6; Yale...
...side of the asphalt yard. In all probability two of them will be specially reserved for the use of the 'Varsity baseball pitchers, while the other six will be public. The concrete flooring of the yard will be retained. A high plank wall has nearly been finished on the west side of the yard and another is to be erected on the east side...
...football outlook at Yale seems more dubious than ever after the exhibition given by the eleven at West Point on Saturday. The slump in the team work is due, more than to anything else, to the inexperience and consequent lack of confidence of the individual players. In the game with the Carlisle Indians at New York on the twenty-third, the work showed evidences of team work and of improvement in the defensive play, which encouraged Yale men considerably. The practice during the past week has been the best of the season in spite of the temporary loss of several...
...West Point's touchdown was scored after they had placed the ball on Yale's five yard line twice in succession only to lose it on downs and a fumble. It was finally carried across on long runs by Nesbitt, Foy and Waldron. During the second half the cadets had the ball on Yale's five yard line repeatedly but were unable to force it across...