Word: star
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meet the attack of a light, fast team. Cooney was much more effective at guard, while Congdon filled the centre position well. Dines played a good game at quarterback in place of T. Jones, who was kept out of the line-up. Coy, as usual, was the star of the backfield, and his punting and running back of kicks was splendid...
Apollonio, Bird, Butt, Cutting, Fish, Newhall, W. Perice, and Star were given a layoff after Saturday's game. There are no injuries, however, with the exception of Newhall, who has a slight muscle bruise on his thigh...
...both offense and defense the Freshmen were superior, and the only serious weaknesses that the 1911 team displayed were the poor work of its quarterbacks and frequent fumbling. Corbett was the star of the Freshman team; he was down under every punt and no gains were made around his end. Sprague, before his knee was injured, played well. Smith followed the ball well and was excellent on defense, while Cutler's kicking was very good. For Exeter, Lewis and Boylan did the best work...
Captain Higgins was the star player of the Maine team. He was the mainstay of their secondary defense, which was usually obliged to stop the Harvard backs. Maine showed poor judgment in receiving on every kick-off, for the ball was thus always in their territory and they were not strong enough to rush...
...throw, and Somers and Harwood in the high jump. The failure of both Grant of Harvard and Jackson of Cornell, who together hold the intercollegiate record, to qualify in the pole-vault was one of the most unexpected events of the day. Garrels of Michigan was easily the individual star of the day, as he qualified in three events and should be a strong factor in all of these today...