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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Morse of the Christian Science Monitor: "Harvard. I figure the two lines are pretty close to eleven. The Cantabs however, have a decided edge in the backfield with more and better ball carriers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored In Ten of Eleven Sports Forecasts | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

...Post: "Harvard, 14 to 7. Yale's been slugged around all season with a tough schedule. They'll put up a great fight in the first half, then probably tire. After that the Elis won't be able to do much more than pass and pray. Harvard has much better running hacks; but it should be a hell of a game of tactics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored In Ten of Eleven Sports Forecasts | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

...Sampson of the Herald: "Harvard, Yale boasts a strong defensive line; but with the exception of aerial work, her offense doesn't amount to much. The Crimson backfield is outstanding and Harlow has a better all-round attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored In Ten of Eleven Sports Forecasts | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

Brief scrimmages were held in order to bring forth the better ballhandlers. The squad will practice daily from 2 to 3 o'clock in the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 43-Hoopmen Assemble | 11/24/1939 | See Source »

...course of these workouts candidates learn of more ways to throw a medicine ball than they had previously thought remotely conceivable, practice simulating pointer dogs, folding jackknives, and steel springs, contortions which the gray-haired director executes with the greatest ease, while his younger and potentially better adapted charges resemble octogenarians when attempting to accomplish the same maneuvers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 11/24/1939 | See Source »

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