Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard eleven lost the game to Yale on Saturday by a score of 28 to 0. The better team won, and the credit of a well-deserved victory belongs to Yale. Harvard was outclassed in every department of the game but one; and, although the team played with good spirit and did not give up until the end, it had met a superior opponent and at no time had a chance...
...study of Harvard's play shows very little. Harvard did a little better than Yale in punting; her punts were longer, the ends got down well and tackled brilliantly, and an exchange of punts usually lost ground for Yale. There were many other departments of the game in which Harvard has done better, and it seemed at times that the team did not play as well as it did against Pennsylvania; but even had there been more quickness in the line, more accuracy in the tackling, less off-side play and less fumbling, the game would not have been...
During the past week the team has been given much practice on defensive work in anticipation of Yale's heavy attack and at last the defense seems satisfactory. The men play fairly low in the line, and the secondary defense is better than it has been at any time this year. This was well shown in the last open practice where the runner of the second eleven was often thrown back after getting through a hole in the line...
...spite of the wet and heavy field. The team is not overstrained and every man on the team is in good physical condition. The best of the available material, therefore, will go into the game with Yale this afternoon and, if beaten, it will only be beaten by a better team...
...very successful in the Princeton game it is probable that they will be used against Harvard. Sharpe, however, is the best punter on the team and is very strong in defense, so he may be given a chance, especially as Fincke may be needed at quarter. Wear is a better general, passes more quickly and accurately, and is more inspiring to the team, but he is not quite so steady as Fincke, especially in the matter of catching punts...