Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...putting an end to the time-honored custom of throwing pennies for "Scrambling," and satisfying the appeals of numerous diminutive beggars. This custom, however, petty it may be, has many disadvantages and nothing in its favor. looking at it from a selfish point of view, it promotes a wholesale attack upon the small change of members of the University, until it has become Easter, in spite of convictions, to secure peace by yielding...
...Haven, November 8.--The Yale team had light practice today in preparation for the game with Brown tomorrow. In a ten minute scrimmage with the second team the 'Varsity scored one touchdown. The first team's defence proved impregnable against the attack of the second team, and the scrubs were held without gain for five successive downs on the 'Varsity's two-yard line. Bomar spend some time in practicing place kicks, with very good results...
...public office. It is the college-trained men who are best qualified to start such a movement in the communities in which they live, and who should do so. Here is given the opportunity to get such an insight into practical politics as will enable one to intelligently attack the problems of government existing wherever one may live...
...more life than has been seen on Soldiers Field this fall, but his choice of plays showed very poor judgment. He rarely tried the various forward passes that have been used constantly in the scrimmages and relied entirely on straight, old-fashioned line bucking. At times, this method of attack seemed to possess considerable power but when it neared the goal line and went against the stiffened defense of the Springfield line it was held twice, both times within the 5-yard line. This lack of power at the critical moment was most discouraging and can only be explained...
...result of the game tends to show the success of the recent changes in the Yale line-up to meet the attack of a light, fast team. Cooney was much more effective at guard, while Congdon filled the centre position well. Dines played a good game at quarterback in place of T. Jones, who was kept out of the line-up. Coy, as usual, was the star of the backfield, and his punting and running back of kicks was splendid...