Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cranston tackled very strongly. Tilton and P. Trafford dropped on the ball well, and their general play was steady. Stickney was playing a remarkably good game when he was ruled off, and Blanchard who took his place made some strong rushes, but did not block so well. Hutchinson was slow in dropping on the ball, but he made some good tackles although allowing a man to run around his end once or twice. Hallowell who substituted him the second half played finely. Dean's work was the best quarter back play that Harvard has had for several years. Lee showed...
...week ago, but there were still a large number of weak points. The greatest fault was in the unsteady play; at times the eleven did brilliant work, playing a quick, sharp game, and breaking through and tackling well. At other times, however, affairs were just reversed; the men were slow in dropping on the ball, allowed themselves to be blocked off easily, and failed to hold well in the rushline. There was repeated confusion from a misunderstanding of the signals by the rushline, and the backs frequently went in direct opposition to their signals. Both sides played largely a kicking...
...Saturday was weakened by the absence of the regular half backs, but this fact is not sufficient to explain the severe defeat which the team received at the hands of the Phillips Academy eleven. The work of the freshmen in comparison withthat of the academy team was painfully slow and loose. The tackling as a rule was execrable, the blocking was not systematic, and the tendency to fumble the ball was very discouraging. The play of the academy eleven was uniformly good; Hinkey and Gilbert on the ends of the rush line, did some remarkable tackling, and Bliss and Stone...
...system are: The hands must shoot away smartly from the chest; as they release the body for the swing which actually (though not theoretically) begins before the arms are perfectly straight. In any case the swing begins before the slide and carries the slide forward with it, both being slow and steady, especially the slide, and the forward movement both of slide and body must end at the same moment. In the moving forward let the body be well balanced, the feet planted firmaly against the stretcher, and the inside arm constantly moving against the oar and extending it. This...
...mile walk there were two entries, H. Ware and C. R. Bardeen. This event was very slow, neither man wishing to set the pace. Bardeen won in 8 minutes, 45 seconds...