Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Negroes composing the chief element of the population, and there are the Bedouins or nomadic Arabs living in the oases which are sprinkled over the desert and around the towns. But these people are hard to civilize and, as much as they hate their Turkish conquerors, they like them better than they do the Christians. The country has always been closed to the civilizing influences which have sometimes been set toward it. It remains a land of primitive manners and customs...
...last year lost to the Training School, and it is expected that this game, coming so early in the schedule, will be a hard one. The forwards, whose lack of team-work was noticeable in the game last Saturday, have improved somewhat, and the backs clear the ball much better. The team as a whole, however, does not yet work well together. Weston, who injured his knee in practice, will not be in the game today, Baldwin taking his place at right half-back and Francke moving to the centre of the line. These recent changes will weaken the defence...
...being very poor. There was practically no interference on the offence and the men seemed unable to get together when on the defensive. The second team backs made several good gains, one forward pass netting 60 yards. During the second half of the scrimmage, however, the first team played better and succeeded in making five touchdowns, four of which were by Brickley...
...Williams game Harvard for the first time this season showed a backfield which seemed to be better balanced than either the Yale or Princeton combinations. Wendell who is a certainty at half-back is unequalled as a line plunger, and with him, as all around backs, may be found at the end of the season almost any two of five or six men. Potter, while not up to Howe of Yale, as a quarterback, is a dependable man. Smith at end is better than any one Yale or Princeton can show, and Felton or Howard will make a satisfactory runningmate...
...line Yale has more experienced and seemingly better material than either Harvard or Princeton. D. Bomeisler and Gallauer, who will probably fill the end positions, have both been laid up for some time so it has been hard to get a line on their work. Walter Camp, Jr., and Avery, their substitutes, are good, but not at all remarkable. Scully and Paul at tackles, McDevitt and Francis or Tomlinson, at guards, and Ketcham at centre are a combination which for all around work will be hard for any team to equal. These men are big and fast, and have nearly...