Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...excelled by Princeton. De Witt is every bit as good a punter as either Howe or Camp, and moreover the Princeton backs have handled kicks cleanly all season, while the Yale backs have fumbled in nearly every game. In drop and placement kicking Howe and Francis of Yale are better than De Witt, and this fact makes the balance of kicking about even...
...Freshman football team was given a twenty-minute scrimmage against the second team yesterday afternoon. The scrimmage was marred by continual off-side play, mainly on the part of the first team. The offensive work of the first line and particularly of the ends was better today than for some time. Hardwick and Bradlee were not in the scrimmage yesterday, but will be at their usual positions for the game with Yale on Saturday, and together with Brickley and Logan should form a very fast and powerful backfield. Practice this afternoon will be the last hard work for the team...
...during the first two miles was far from satisfactory. The stroke was clipped short at the catch and at the finish, and the control of the slides was poor with the result that the boat checked badly. After passing Cottage Farm Bridge, however, improvement commenced, and the boat went better and better up to the finish, the final spurt being a splendid exhibition of rowing at a high stroke...
...state club made it a point to secure one representative man each year to lecture under its auspices at Harvard, a great step would be taken toward bringing the University into touch with ideas from every section of the country, and also toward bringing all sections of the country better to know and understand what Harvard stands...
...what about the cheering? The writers of this morning's communication cry out against the lack of enthusiasm. It is true that the cheer leaders had to beg for better singing, but we have had only one mass meeting as yet, and good singing is not possible without much practice. The leaders did not have to beg for cheers. It seems to the CRIMSON that everyone was intensely interested in the game, and what cheers there were did Harvard credit. The trouble was, that the leaders did not call for cheers enough...