Word: catching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Minot tried another onside kick, Murphy signalling for a fair catch on his 46-yard line, but L. D, Smith. interfered with catch and Harvard was penalized 15 yards. Howe, on a quarterback run, was tackled for a two yard loss on Harvard's 51-yard line. Coy sent a nicely placed onside kick just over the centre placed onside kick just over the centre of the line and Cooney recovered the ball for Yale on Harvard's 28-yard line. Coy smashed through right guard for seven yards, while on the next play he gained two yards more. Hobbs...
...ball was put in play on Harvard's 25-yard line and after one play the penalty for an incompleted forward pass put the ball on the one-yard line. Minot stood behind his own goal line and punted to Murphy who made a fair catch on Harvard's 36-yard line. Hobbs tried a goal from placement which was low. The ball bounded along back of the goal line until it hit one of the spectators who threw it to Field Judge Hall. Since the ball had hit an official, Hobbs was allowed another try at goal which also...
Again the ball was put in play on the 25-yard line. Leslie made seven yards through tackle before Minot punted. The kick was partially blocked, Howe catching it on the 47-yard line and running back 13-yards to the 34-yard line before he was tackled. Coy tried an onside kick which went to Minot, who signalled for a fair catch but fumbled, Corbett recovering the ball on his own 9-yard line. Leslie made five yards, from the kicking formation, and Corbett gained one more. In the last play, however, Harvard was holding and was penalized...
...began to gain on the second and cut the lead down to about three and one-half lengths of open water, although the men had as yet shown but little life, were slow with their hands on the recovery, and were not dropping the oars in quickly at the catch...
...crew lost three lengths or more by running into the launch. About 300 yards after the Cottage Farm Bridge had been passed, the University crew passed the third, and had made up two lengths on the second. The crew at this point began to row well getting a quick catch with a faster recovery, and making its weight and strength count at a stroke...