Word: best
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...spite of the defeat we can not account the Harvard team in any respect a failure. No team that plays always with every bit of its strength and to the best of its knowledge can be called a failure whether it wins or loses. We are proud of the Harvard team for the victories that it won during the season, and of its hard struggle in a losing game...
...open one, in which brilliant individual plays were very frequent. The game was hard-fought from beginning to end, Harvard excelling in the straight rushing, while Yale entirely offset this by excellent judgement and punting. O'Flaherty, the Harvard quarterback, did not appear to drive the team with the best of judgment; he was very weak in handling punts, and at times failed to take advantage of his opponents' mistakes. Wigglesworth, when he replaced O'Flaherty, seemed able to run his team far more accurately and effectively. The Yale team however, deserved to win; the game was won by generalship...
...material, but in its coaches was fortunate in being able to secure Mr. Haughton and his assistants of 1908. On the same principles as last fall they have developed a team which has but one or two stars, but which in its team-play is one of the best that ever represented the University. It has been much retarded by injuries but it comes to the final game in better condition than is usual at the end of a hard season. Besides its knowledge of football, the team has the excellent spirit that impels it to fight hardest against...
...hardly necessary to say anything of Coach Haughton's methods of coaching, for he employed the same ones as he used last fall--methods which have been much discussed and unanimously declared to be of the best. He places the responsibility on the player; each man must work out for himself the rules which Haughton gives him--each man has his own method for accomplishing the desired effect, but he is, at the same time, carefully watched by the coaches to see that this end is accomplished. The work...
...weight makes him slow. Howe, the final choice for quarterback, has shown good judgment in his choice of plays all through the season. His playing, however, has been marred by fumbling and inability to handle the ball accurately on punts. The Yale backfield is undoubtedly one of the best in the country. The men are all fast and powerful runners, hit the line with terrific force, and, when once started are hard to stop. Coy is a remarkable kicker, as he can punt, drop-kick and kick from placement equally well...