Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...more than a good player. He is personally a man whom other men would willingly follow. That is a rare quality, and high praise. Perhaps the highest praise would be to say that he is a worthy successor to that captain who led Harvard through a season of brilliant victory, and through a no less honorable one of scanty defeat. Our teams have had throughout their history notable captains. George Percy is worthy of the tradition...
With the exception of the loss of the Yale meet, on account of the temporary illness of Captain Russell, the University swordsmen have had an unusually brilliant season, easily defeating Springfield Y. M. C. A. College, Bowdoin, Pennsylvania and Columbia, and, provided Captain Russell is fencing up to his usual form the chances are very good for a University victory in the team championships this year. Besides the University, Columbia, Bowdoin, Pennsylvania, Yale and the Navy have entered teams, with the midshipmen the strongest opponents of Coach Leslabay's pupils for team honors. Annapolis was the victor last year...
...photographs, as usual, are well diversified and show good choice. Mr. Cunningham's sketches are decidedly pertinent in thought, but rather less efficient in execution. The "Crew" number is not brilliant--but it can surely hold...
...been substituting with Murray at third base, was not on the field, and may leave the squad permanently in order to join the Naval Reserve. Yesterday's game was marked by some hard-hitting, Bond, who has been leading the squad at the bat, having an especially brilliant day with the stick, with three timely singles to his credit. Bothfeld and Burrill were each credited with a single and a double, and Ellis, McLeod and Reed also contributed to the day's total of hits, each driving out two singles. The fielding of both teams was almost constantly ragged...
...Harrison holding the regulars to four scratch hits, Team B defeated Team A in yesterday's practice game for the first time this season, by a score of 4 to 1. The game was marked by some fast fielding, Team B's work in the field being especially brilliant. Two fast double plays were the features of the fielding, Reed, Caley and Abbot shutting off a promising rally for Team B in the third, and Frazer, Kerr and Holly preventing Team A from scoring in the fourth by a fast bit of fielding...