Word: fielding
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...work of the first eleven yesterday was slow and spiritless. Sawin, Ellis, Kendall and Hallowell were in the signal practice and all of them were in good form except Ellis, who was a little slow. Captain Daly was not on the field. The first eleven played a game of twenty-five minutes with the second team, and then the Freshman team was brought in for a fifteen minute line-up with the first...
...first team opened the game well by getting the ball on a punt near the middle of the field and rushing it slowly toward the goal by mass plays. Finally Putnam skirted left end and made the only touchdown of the game. J. Lawrence missed the goal. Soon after the kick-off Putnam made a fifty yard run around left end aided by Campbell's interference, but the second held for downs and no scoring resulted. After this the play was always in the second team's favor, the first losing the ball by misplays whenever it was gained...
...Kernan took it to the twenty-five yard line. Putnam then got around left end and by fast running took the ball over the line. Lawrence kicked a difficult goal. After the kick-off the play was even for several minutes. Finally Harvard got the ball in mid-field on a short punt. On the next play Kernan circled right end and with Stillman's interference ran thirty-five yards to the twenty yard line. Stillman gained ten yards through the centre, but Kernan failed to gain and Brown got the ball on downs on the six yard line. Brown...
...play after the next kick-off Washburn broke through left tackle, and ran twenty-five yards. Fincke in tackling him injured his head so badly that he had to retire. Time was called after the next play with the ball in Brown's possession in the middle of the field...
...game. It was shown clearly that a set of light fast backs were much more efficient than the heavy men previously used. The creditable work of Dupee and Fincke, which may ensure positions on the team, to both, contrasted most favorably with the previous work of the Yale back field. Yale's play was fast and varied and on the defensive they sized up the Indian's trick plays with little difficulty...