Word: could
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...important cause of Yale's victory--the tackles back formation. The tackles were drawn back and the entire back-field was arranged in tandem formation. It was then possible for this to strike any part of the line with great force and speed, and plain, straight defense could not stop it. A special defense might have done it, but Harvard did not have the right kind. An attempt was made to turn it aside by oblique tackling of the secondary defense, but this allowed the play to get through the line and made at least short gains inevitable. This Yale...
...often been loose and unsatisfactory. To these considerations should be added the fact that the reports of the secret practice have never been made over-encouraging. This state of affairs was most evident at the time of the Brown game, when the team, being more than half substitutes, could not show that unity of spirit and team play which is so necessary a feature of a finished eleven...
...watched the last open practice could help noticing the strong, speedy play, in spite of the wet and heavy field. The team is not overstrained and every man on the team is in good physical condition. The best of the available material, therefore, will go into the game with Yale this afternoon and, if beaten, it will only be beaten by a better team...
...University lacrosse team was defeated yesterday by a picked team of graduates by the score of 5 goals to 4. Twenty and fifteen minute halves were played. Neither Goddard nor Wiggin could play, so the University team had to do without a goalkeeper and consequently was seriously weakened on the defense. Toward the end of the first half Sever was injured and Stevenson was taken from the graduate team to fill his place...
...half when Mattis kicked a field goal after Princeton, having got the ball on Wear's fumble, was unable to go through the line. All of Yale's scores except the first were made by steady rushing and line-smashing tactics, and just as was expected, the Princeton line could not hold it own. Hale and Bloomer were Yale's best gainers, both getting their distance on nearly every rush. The Princeton backs, especially Reiter, played well, but their interference was repeatedly broken up by the Yale forwards before it reached the line. Yale's condition was far superior...