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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...side-line badges for the second team, Freshman captain and manager, and W. E. Quinn, will be given out at the Locker Building gate before the game. Other badges have been either delivered or held at the Harvard Athletic Association office...
...these set-backs, Coach Haughton has gone straight ahead and formed an eleven which throughout the fall has been a "coming" team. In each game it has shown a consistent improvement in spite of the fact that in almost every instance some of the regulars were not in the line-up. The development has been somewhat slow, for Coach Haughton has used the same methods and tactics which he employed a year ago. In the early games, which the University team had practically no difficulty in winning, the new material was given a try-out. It was not until...
...defeat of Brown by the score of 23 to 0. The large score was a surprise, but it was due not so much to any unusual weakness in the visiting eleven as to the power and speed of the Yale backfield. The individual playing of the Yale line was remarkable and often brilliant, but lacked unity. Philbin, in the latter part of the second half, caught a punt on his own 35-yard line, and, with tremendous speed, dodged through the whole Brown team and ran 75 yards for a touchdown...
...tremendous strength but failed to exhibit all the power which they possessed. The men were not well together and the backs did not help each other as they should have. The main features of the game were the work of Philbin and Murphy in running back kicks, and the line smashing...
...judgment in his choice of plays all through the season. His playing, however, has been marred by fumbling and inability to handle the ball accurately on punts. The Yale backfield is undoubtedly one of the best in the country. The men are all fast and powerful runners, hit the line with terrific force, and, when once started are hard to stop. Coy is a remarkable kicker, as he can punt, drop-kick and kick from placement equally well...