Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Owing to the fact that Carlisle depends in offensive play almost entirely upon end runs, the game this afternoon should afford a good test of Harvard's strength in that part of the team. A peculiar style is used in the formation of these plays and with quick starting and rapid running, the Carlisle team will be very formidable and apt to score...
...large measure to the difference in weight, it was also partly accounted for by the increased strength evidenced in Harvard's offensive play. Long end runs marked the game, and varied the usual line plunging tactics. On the defense, however, the eleven was not nearly so strong. Quick tandem plays and simple tricks were used by Bates to advantage, as the Harvard line was slow to comprehend and check them...
...second day's work for the Freshman football candidates lasted a little over half an hour. The men were drilled in falling on the ball, and afterwards, in six squads, were given practice in making quick starts. The work ended with a run around the field and back to the Locker Building. C. H. Robinson '04 and R. Lawrence '02 assisted E. Motley in the coaching...
...present writing, Harvard has a more promising and a better crew than that of last year, in that it seems able to learn quickly and change its faults when coached. This is especially well shown by the quick improvement which has taken place since the crew went to New London. The crew is steadier than last year's and physically is one of the strongest eights that Harvard has produced in recent years. The general watermanship, however, is poor, and the men are rough and awkward. The boat has shown a tendency to hitch between strokes...
...former years and shows the effect of professional coaching. This is especially marked in the last part of the stroke, the men getting a hard catch, a strong, steady push with the legs, but finishing in with the arms, their bodies in an almost slumping position, and getting a quick, smooth recover typical of the professional sculler. The men finish the stroke with their bodies almost perpendicular; they drive their legs down well together and have a steady recover: At present the Yale crew is better together and a smoother running machine than the Harvard boat...