Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...football management must have been impressed by the admirable thoroughness with which every possible provision was made for the comfort of the crowd. There were not more than ten thousand spectators present, but the attendants could have handled many times that number had there been seats enough, so perfect was the organization of affairs. Information officers were stationed at several places about the grounds, and even at the train and boat platforms. Two cadets were detailed to the press stand to announce the names of the Army players as they figured in the confusing succession of plays...
...short onside kick. The line played very well, the defence being especially strong, for West Point's two first downs were made on end runs from the kick formation, after Houston had been taken out of the play. Captain Fish distinguished himself by making a marvelous catch of a perfect forward pass from O'Flaherty while he was falling over backwards. Throughout the game the whole team showed a tendency to hold; several times penalties prevented long runs from being allowed and lost the University team a number of opportunities to have the ball in West Point's territory...
...yard line, and three more to her 3-yard line. Wendell was sent through tackle for a touchdown. Marsh kicked out to the 25-yard line and missed an easy goal. Marsh kicked off to Paradise. Vanbrocklin made 25 yards, the longest gain of the day, on a perfect forward pass from Paradise. Porter was thrown for a loss. Fletcher sent a low bouncing kick which Ervin finally fell on outside on Andover's 18-yard line. Harvard then gained three first downs on five plays, Marsh being used three times and Wendell twice before time was called...
...were on the field prepared to go through signal practice. Sprague, Frothingham, Minot and Pierce did quite a little punting, Sprague getting off a number of sixty-yard punts. The first team and substitutes lined up for a short signal drill, and then opposed each other in order to perfect a number of plays and formations. L. Withington was moved from right tackle to West's position at left guard, and Captain Fish was back at right tackle. Corbett, P. D. Smith and Minot made up the backfield with O'Flaherty at quarterback...
From the spectator's point of view, though the cheering at the game was admirably enthusiastic and truly spontaneous, its organization was far from perfect. Further, the unsportlike jeers and cat-calls on the occasion of our opponent's misplays were beneath contempt; when we talk about the attempts of men of other colleges to rattle pitchers, we should remember that, while we do not professedly organize demonstrations for the purpose, we tolerate many individual offenders...