Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Doucette, Haskell, Bouve and Wheeler stood the heavy attacks aimed at them bravely, though usually ineffectually. It would be unfair to place the blame for the gains made by Pennsylvania on the "guards-back" play on the man at whom the plays were aimed. No one man could be expected to stop these plays...
...start, the Worcester eleven played a strong, fast game, which seemed to rattle the Freshmen, and it was not until the second half that Harvard was able to score. All the touchdowns were made between Harvard's left end and tackle, and this side of the team is to blame for the defeat. In the first half the Freshmen rushed the ball up to Worcester's 1 yard line, but before they were able to push the ball over, time was called...
...chief fault was the fumbling behind the line which in great part accounted for Harvard's small score. Spear at left tackle played a brilliant game for Worcester, and to his strong playing are due the three touchdowns scored against the Freshmen. Though the eleven alone is to blame for this defeat, the team is a strong one, and with a week's practice before it, should improve...
Perhaps there is no reproach which has been more constantly cast in the teeth of Harvard men than that of favoritism in the selection of athletic teams. Newspapers are eager for sensation, unsuccessful candidates are apt to blame anything but themselves; and people seem somehow to forget that a coach's or a captain's reputation depends on his using the best men available...
...Varsity backs fumbled continually. There was no snap in the work. Tha plays started slowly, were mixed up all the time, and everything was done in a listless manner. Garrison, who was new at quarterback, may have been partly to blame for all this, but Haughton and Brown deserve their good share of the blame...