Word: better
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...first consideration; what impressed him most, however, is the spirit of solidarity in the body of students, and the American spirit that inspires every achievement. The personal liberty and individuality enjoyed at Harvard make the men more aware of the need of national co-operation, and as unity springs better from diversity than identity, thus the American nation is built on a solid basis...
...Yale freshman shooting team defeated the Freshman team on Saturday morning at Riverside, by a score of 162 out of a possible 250 birds to 161, a margin of one point. The 1911 team shot better individually than Yale, but Morrison and Noel of Yale, with the respective scores of 40 out of 50 and 37, more than balanced the low scores of the rest...
...slump of the past week was perhaps caused by too many games being played, and to Captain Leonard's absence from the team. It was expected that he would be able to play today, but it was thought better not to take chances, and therefore save him for the Cornell game on Saturday. His batting and steady fielding should materially strengthen the team. A marked improvement must be shown in batting especially, if the team is going to win games, and the tendency to go to pieces at times in the field must be eliminated...
...graduates, on the other hand, are even better united than the students. They are convening this week in Philadelphia, whence we trust may come some statement that will throw light on our tangled problem...
Dowd will be in the box for Holy Cross this afternoon. He has been by far the most successful pitcher of the season for the team, and seems to be considerably better than Mansfield, who pitched against Harvard last year. The batting orders: HARVARD. HOLY CORSS. McCall, 2b. l.f., Shay Briggs, 1b. 2b., Cashen Lanigan, l.f. s.s., Barry Harvey, 3b. 1b., Carney Simons, s.s. p., Dowd Currier, c. c., Larkin Kemble, c.f. r.f., Mansfield Dana, r.f. c.f., Driscoll Hicks, p. 3b., O'Rourke