Word: alertly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This afternoon a Harvard football team--strong, alert, determined--will go out to meet the most powerful Yale eleven developed since the war. No Harvard team has ever had a harder fight on its hands than Captain Kane's eleven has today. The players realize this. But they are ready; they are confident. And they are counting on the support of the student body. It is up to the undergraduates to cheer today as they have never cheered before and to inspire that team with the stuff that can bring only one result--Victory! E. W. MAHAN '16, University Captain...
...showed that Coach Fisher's problem was the development of a new line, for the forwards charged very sluggishly and indeed, forced the backs to do most of their gaining by means of their own individual strength, rather than by any concerted team play. Defensively, however, the eleven proved alert and vigorous, downing the opposing ball carriers in their tracks and allowing the B. U. team not a single first down. Against Middlebury, Team B made a much more commendable showing, the line especially handling themselves in a way to compare very favorably with their heavier teammates, and winning...
...eleven was not, however, imposing, a 10-0 score being the margin of victory. Only twice in the contest did the Crimson display a really powerful attack, for the charge of the line was sluggish and considerably hindered the work of the backs. Defensively, however, the team proved alert and vigorous, the visitors being unable to gain a single first down. The feature of the game was a 77-yard run by Chapin from his 15-yard line...
...over. Aside from all considerations of fair play to the other students who may be dependent on a particular book because it is the only one obtainable in the vicinity, such offenses are so serious that it is the duty of the undergraduate body to keep on the alert to do everything in its power in helping the authorities with the difficult task of apprehending these crooks--for such they...
...third events consist of stunting and landing to a mark for accuracy. The first event will be a 12-mile race in two six-mile laps. There will be two heats, and the winners will race one six-mile lap for first place. The last event will be an alert contest, involving speed trials in starting planes and getting them off the ground...