Word: stops
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...peculiar but effective. The rush line work was, on the whole, good, and at some times brilliant. One of the worst faults of the rushers now is the tendency to become careless. Cornell got through the line many times Saturday on this account. Another is the inability to stop a V quickly; nearly every team that has played the 'varsity this year has regularly gained ten and fifteen yards whenever they put the ball in play in this way. Dean's passing was not good Saturday; otherwise his play was all that could be desired. Trafford showed great and gratifying...
...line the visitors will present two men well known to most Harvard football enthusiasts. Slayback, the captain of the team, is one of the strongest rushing half-backs in the country. He runs very swiftly, goes through the line well and is an exceedingly hard man to stop. Hall, at full-back, is kicking in better form than ever, and when he is sent against the line his weight seldom fails to make an appreciable impression...
...know of seven that have been stolen during the past month. A youth was captured yesterday who confessed that he had taken two machines, but while he was yet in custody another bicycle disappeared. The necessity for care still remains. Cambridge police have shown themselves incompetent to stop wholesale stealing, however officious they may be in cases of student discipline. We hope they will soon wake up to the fact that this gang of bicycle thieves must be broken...
...tackle. Greenough tackles well and is a hard worker, but needs a great deal of practice. Henry rushes well through the center but never looks where he is going; he punts well, but is not sure. Schoen tackles well; he is a good dodger and a hard man to stop, but his work is very uneven. Green lacks confidence, but has the making of a fine half...
...Howe, '93, who pitched successfully against the Yale freshmen last spring. The candidates for the infield are, first base, Nicola, '92, Coburn, '94, Gilman, '94; second, Lowell, '92; for third there are three candidates, Austrian, '91, who played on his class team, Cook, '92, and Kent, '94; short stop, Homans and Soule, '93; outfield, Flynn, '94, and Beals, '94. The candidates will practice, hereafter, at three instead...