Word: beating
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...services of its two best tackles, two of its best quarterbacks, and its best kicker. Within two weeks the line had suffered a radical shift, and just before the game Huntington had been drawn in to centre from fullback. It was very encouraging, therefore, when this reorganized team beat the team which had admittedly outplayed Princeton. The chief weakness shown was poor handling of punts, but this may be attributed largely to the slippery condition of the ball. As a whole the team played with so much spirit and strength as to give every hope for a successful outcome today...
Keyed up for revenge for the defeat in 1910, the team crushed Brown, 15 to 0, the next week. From end to end, from centre to back there was "lift and drive" that tore Brown to pieces. Ketcham beat the ends down under kicks several times, even though Bomeisler and Avery were on Sprackling before he could have started. The only gloom over the entire exhibition was the fumbling...
...pointed out the foolishness of ever saying that Yale is easy to beat; it is as foolish as saying that it is impossible for Harvard to win. The fact should never be lost sight of that Yale teams have back of them. Walter Camp, the father of American football and perhaps the greatest strategist of the game...
...single sculls produced two very good races, one between Peabody and Parker, and the other between Carver and Wentworth. Although Peabody beat Parker by about two lengths, the latter came up from behind rapidly in the last stretch. Wentworth and Carver rowed absolutely even for the last third of a mile, and finished so close together that it was impossible to judge between them...
...hearts beat fast for old Harvard...