Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rush line the ends are too slow and their tackling is faulty; in fact this latter remark might be applied to the whole team. The eleven does not tackle well. The line is very much crippled by the loss of their center and it looks as if this were going to be a difficult position to fill...
...principal candidate for center rush at Yale-taking it for granted that Ferris will not play-is Coxe '91, weight 204 pounds...
Dartmouth failed to gain on the first rush, but the next time Norton carried the ball well into Harvard's territory by a pretty run of 35 yards. Scruton was disqualified at this point for slugging Cranston, and McKay took his place. The Harvard rushers gradually forced the ball away from their goal, and forced Norton to make an unsuccessful try for a goal from the field When the ball was brought out Lee carried it ahead, but it was lost to Dartmouth for interfernce. An exchange of punts now took place without material gain to either side; finally Corbett...
...second game of the season is distinctly encouraging. The men play, a much quicker and more aggressive game than Harvard teams usually do so early in the season. Improvement is needed in tackling; only a few menders of the team tackle surely and effectively. The work of the rush line can also be made more effective; in the main the play of the rushers is steady, but occasionally they allow the opposing line to make a bad hole, and when this does occur they are a little slow in settling down to effective work again. There were some pretty exhibitions...
Ferris, the centre rush of last year's Yale team, is seriously ill and will probably not play football this fall...