Word: lines
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Polishing rather than strengthening of the play is the big need of the University eleven, and in the two weeks before the Yale game, Coach Fisher and his associates will place the main emphasis on points of line play and on backfield defense...
...battered Freshman team that stood on the sidelines yesterday, enjoying a respite from scrimmaging, P. Jenkins and E. S. Gehrke, the two dependable backs that largely compose the Yearling offense, did not report at all, being excused on account of injuries sustained Saturday. Both will be back in the line-up before the Yale game. The team felt the effects of the Princeton game, for when Coach Ryan ran it through a brisk signal drill, it left the field very much exhausted...
After this rally, the Freshmen displayed sheer desperation, and whereas they had theretofore tried end runs and every sort of open play, they uncorked a series of punishing line-bucks. Eight rushes carried them 40 yards. Jenkins made 25 yards more. Lockwood and Gehrke simply ripped up the Orange...
...moment; the Tigers, aided by a five-yard penalty, completed a 30-yard pass, Smith to Tyson, after the next kickoff. Four plunges sufficed to tie the score just before the period ended. After the kick-off. Princeton recovered a fumbled punt on the Freshmen's 20-yard line. Carrying on with the same drive which netted the previous goal, Captain Smith carried the ball over in four plunges. At this point the Tiger rush stopped up, and a period was spent in useless passes and exchanges of kicks, accompanied by many fumbles. In the third quarter, however, they completed...
...yard gain a few minutes after the game started. P. Jenkins' subsequent try for a field goal was blocked. Here the Freshmen were given one of the startling breaks that enabled them to leave the field undefeated. Van Gerbig lumbled a pass from center from the 20-yard. line, and a Crimson linesman pounced on it. Gehrke tore through for 10 yards and then went over for the first score...