Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...favor of Harvard. In the second half the Yale team rallied and Marcus, assisted by Behr, made two goals, and Alling one, thus tieing the score. After this, four extra periods were played with no scoring for either side, until in the fifth period Townsend, by brilliant individual work, made the winning goal...
...score. Harvard was unable to use signal formations to good effect owing to the snappy starting of the other team. Individually Captain Griffiths and Amberg were more than equal to their opponents, both in fast dribbling and in shooting, but were unable to make up for Pennsylvania's brilliant start...
...floor. The game was very fast and cleanly played, the large number of fouls called being chiefly for minor offenses. The Harvard team, was in excellent condition and the men did some clever team work, besides keeping their opponents closely covered. Captain Griffiths was by far the most brilliant player of the game, using good judgment in passing, and completely baffling the Princeton players by his fast dribbling. He was also very accuracy in shooting fouls and on free tries added 10 points to Harvard's score. Brooks replaced him for the last five minutes of the game...
...Burnham had by clever dodging, dribbled the ball the length of the floor, no one was able to free himself to try for a goal. Griffiths missed every free try in the first half, but in the second half steadied down and threw eight. Amberg did the most brilliant shooting, and scored two very difficult shooting, and scored two very difficult baskets. Brooks, who replaced Quigley, had a hard fall, but continued in the game. Fargo, the Yale centre, had the advantage on the toss-up and prevented Harvard from using signal formations to good effect. Clifford did the best...
...been commendable. More team play has been developed than in recent Harvard teams, and especially in the later games the play has been very fast. In individual players the team is not unusually strong, but the way in which the men play together makes up for any lack of brilliant shooting. The guards are the most reliable part of the Harvard team and besides covering their own men very closely they are able to help the forwards on the defensive. Captain Griffiths, besides being a strong guard is a very good shot and a very brilliant individual player. At centre...