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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...defence played a safe and consistent game, covering closely. The attack was erratic, but got together better in the second half as Columbia's defence weakened. Alexander, Cochrane, and R. P. Smith played the best for Harvard, while Kudlich and tough excelled for Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Lost in Lacrosse, 5 to 2 | 5/6/1909 | See Source »

...Sunday were once the idols of the fans, yet the player on the big teams of today can show even cleaner fielding averages. Why? you ask. Just compare the 1908 scores with those of even ten years ago. Games are won on closer margins, fewer hits and less errors. Better fielding tells the story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FEWER ERRORS IN BASEBALL TODAY. | 4/27/1909 | See Source »

...that the players themselves are so much better than the old timers. The real reason for the better baseball of today can be traced to better fielding mitts and gloves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FEWER ERRORS IN BASEBALL TODAY. | 4/27/1909 | See Source »

...honor of the memory of Walter Pater in words which suggest Pater's style, though the title to the verse is not quite happy. Mr. Ward Shepard writes seriously on "The Spirit of Traherne." Traherne is unknown to so many of us that Mr. Shepard would have done better to have made his essay more of an exposition. Mr. Grandgent Fils tells a story of war and love with realism and a sense of humor. In "The Winged Stone" Mr. Reed retells a story that is as old as the Greeks, that of the ambitious youth who has to choose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Review of Monthly by Prof. Harris | 4/15/1909 | See Source »

...money will be refunded for unused tickets except in the case of the Senior Spread, this list of arrangements is now published in order that Seniors going home for vacation will be better able to decide the exact number of tickets they desire for the various exercises on Class Day. CLASS DAY COMMITTEE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SALE OF CLASS DAY TICKETS | 4/15/1909 | See Source »

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