Word: blue
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...four consecutive years Harvard has celebrated victories over Yale. Last Saturday was the first time under Haughton's regime that the Blue eleven has been able to cross our goal line. Such a series of glorious conquests must not be forgotten at a time of temporary defeat. Yale won a close, fiercely-contested battle and won with a superior football machine. Every gridiron contest is decided to a greater or less degree by the so-called breaks of the game. The advantages of this character certainly were with the Blue, combined with these was a well-trained, powerful unit...
...first time in seven long years Yale is rejoicing in a victory over the University. The Blue scored its first touchdown against the Crimson since 1907 when Legore carried the ball across in the second period of Saturday's game. It was by this narrow margin, 6 points to 3, that Yale was able to pull through with its long awaited victory...
...while in the stands the cohorts of the Crimson will cheer their efforts. At home in Cambridge supporters no less loyal will fervently beseech the gods for a Harvard victory. The sun has set in vivid crimson now for four successive years. May it be long before the cold blue shadows obscure our vision of victory...
...fell before the Crimson. Yale won over Princeton by a larger score than that made by the University, but this is offset by the fact that Yale was able to score only by taking advantage of Princeton's mistakes. And again, Brown scored as many points against the regular Blue team as it did against the Crimson substitutes, a comparison which again gives the University an advantage on paper...
...teams will line up this afternoon Yale has a considerable advantage over her opponent in weight. Almost every man on the University team is outweighed by the corresponding man on the Blue eleven. But the Yale team, though heavier, has not worked together in its present form as long as has the University because of the frequent injuries which have from time to time forced some of the best players on the Blue squad to retire from the game. Such men as Bingham, Braden and Sheldon have been lost to Yale, and consequently today's probable line-up will contain...