Word: wide-open
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Dates: during 1914-1914
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...make an infinitely better showing today than it did last Saturday, inasmuch as Coach Hart has remedied several of the weak points so apparent in that contest. The men are all in excellent condition, the eleven has been thoroughly drilled in breaking up the Yale formations, and the "wide-open" game has been perfected to a fine degree within the last week...
Although weak on both offence and defence, the Princeton eleven took advantage of a fumble on Williams 16-yard line in the last quarter, and, in a desperate series of rushes averted the disgrace of a defeat by a lighter team. The "wide-open" style of play of which Princeton was conceded to be the most reliable exponent was a distinct failure; of ten forward passes attempted but one was successfully carried...
Princeton started her practice with the avowed intention of giving up the old style football and in is place install the wide-open game--dashing and chance-taking. Princeton expects to be scored against, but by developing to the limit the game offered under the present rules the Tigers hope to score more than the other fellow in every game. They started well against Foster Sanford's Rutgers Eleven, which was supposed to be able to show even more than last year's team in the power of the new attack devised by the old Yale coach. Rutgens' attack...