Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Last Saturday's game with Dartmouth emphasized still further the weakness of the secondary defense. The line showed great improvement, and the work of the ends was better than in the Carlisle game. Dartmouth's large score of 22 points was due largely to the recovering of blocked kicks and to the fast manner in which the Dartmouth players followed the ball...
...final football mass meeting of the year last evening, more spirit was shown than at any of the previous meetings. All the songs and cheers were practiced, and the songs were better rendered than ever before this fall. After the meeting, a parade was started in front of the Union. Headed by the University band the men marched around the Yard, down Mt. Auburn street, and back to the Yard, singing and cheering continuously. In front of University Hall every member of the team, the coaches, the substitutes and the second team were cheered and the parade ended with...
...Pell plays a more conservative game than Niles. His judgement is good, he is cool, and has any amount of endurance. His service is not as difficult to return as Niles's, but his overhead work is better. His forehand drive is his most reliable stroke. His volleying is consistent, and he is a good match player...
...only fair to the Freshmen to say that the latter were represented by a second team at best. The Sophomores, however, played a strong game, and their offence was especially good. They followed the ball better and displayed more spirit than did the Freshmen. As many of the men on the latter team had never played on the first team before, they lacked team play and were continually penalized for being offside...
...every member of the team and the coaches. The demonstration was entirely spontaneous and gave evidence to the confidence which the undergraduates have in the team, and to the general impression among the undergraduates that when the teams take the field on Saturday Yale will have to play better football than they have so far this year to win. Such a showing of enthusiasm and confidence, coming as it does after defeats at the hands of Carlisle and Dartmouth, is unprecedented...