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Word: bettering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Holy Cross played better in the second period but again the punting and line plunging of Driggs was too much for the locals. The big Princeton full-back simply would not be denied, kicking and carrying the ball past all opposition and registering a third touchdown. Moore again kicked the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY'S FOUR NOVEMBER OPPONENTS SHOWED IMPREGNABLE DEFENSE IN SATURDAY'S CONTESTS | 10/2/1916 | See Source »

...Holy Cross grew stronger and played better in each succeeding period. In the third it made its first down and held the ball in midfield when the period ended. In the fourth period Holy Cross-tried line plays unsuccessfully and Higgins, who substituted at quarterback for Twitchell, tried a forward pass, which was intercepted by Rutt of the Tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY'S FOUR NOVEMBER OPPONENTS SHOWED IMPREGNABLE DEFENSE IN SATURDAY'S CONTESTS | 10/2/1916 | See Source »

...University of Pennsylvania, six hundred men at Technology, and 1200 men at Cornell have already enrolled in training units similar to the one now being instituted at the University. One hundred men have enrolled in the Harvard unit. Nothing can express the disgraceful showing of Harvard undergraduates better than these facts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 300 MEN | 9/30/1916 | See Source »

Only 65 men reported for Freshman crew practice yesterday afternoon. The coaches are not satisfied with the number of men out and desire more. The material appears to be slightly better than that of last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Slow to Crew Call | 9/28/1916 | See Source »

...centres. Brides is already put down as one of the best coaches Yale has ever had for her linemen and is getting the very best results. He has charge of the heavy men of the squad, Jones and Walter Camp feeling perfectly satisfied that they could not be in better hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEAKNESSES IN YALE SQUAD SHOWN BY EARLY PRACTICE | 9/26/1916 | See Source »

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