Word: listlessness
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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Harvard went into the game with only five regular men and a badly matched backfield, but this did not excuse the poor showing. The five regular line men were very slow and listless and usually failed to get the jump on their opponents. The ends were surprisingly ineffective and had little speed. Behind the line several of the men played good individual games, but there was a total lack of co-operation and interference, especially on the line plays, where the runner usually had to shift for himself. The most serious single fault, and one which did most toward making...
...practice yesterday was a continuation of the unsatisfactory work of Wednesday. The whole team was listless, and the men showed a tendency to shirk by taking out time for trivial injuries. There was a surprising amount of fumbling, holding and off side play, which is scarcely to be expected from a team which has held so much practice. The linemen played too high and failed to get their full strength into the charging, while the backs ran so high that they were easily stopped. The whole eleven was unsuccessful in getting the jump in defensive play, and the second team...