Word: although
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Although the score might indicate great strength in the Harvard team, its playing was by no means brilliant. Princeton's unusually weak and inaccurate shooting lost many chances for goals and did not test Harvard's defense. On the other hand Harvard's forwards played with great speed and endurance, and at times showed excellent passing and rushing through broken fields. When near the Princeton goal, however, the men were over anxious and lost good chances to score; and when on the defensive there was entirely too much carelessness for safety...
Princeton, although beaten by Yale last night by the score of 30 to 9 has a strong team, and will probably make the game tonight a very close one, though the chances are likely to favor Harvard slightly...
...team has now been practicing almost constantly for a month, but although the men individually are strong players, they have shown as yet but little team work. The most noticeable fault is a tendency of the defense to play up too far, and thus leave their territory exposed. In general, through the season thus far, the work of the team has been very varied, though on one or two occasions it has been excellent. Princeton has a very fast team, of the members of which Captain Purnell, Leake and McClave played last year. During the Christmas recess, Princeton played three...
...await more favorable concessions. The present committee, which was appointed by Governor Crane's Legislature, has reported that the conditions have changed since the Harbor and Land Commissioners made their report, and Mr. Frothingham considers that its recommendations will now be passed by the Legislature, although the actual work cannot be begun until the War Department gives its permission...
...moreover, is told in an easy and fluent style. Rather a clever plot is developed in "The End of Blackwell's Tiger," which deals with the carelessness of a revenue officer. The author of "In the Valley Woodlands," has introduced same very good word painting into his story which although only a page in length gives the reader some idea of the suffering that exists on a battle field. One story which is hardly appropriate is "The Baby Uncle...