Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...late in the second half. Yale was decisively superior in the power and unity of her attack, strong on defense and far better grounded in the fundamentals of the game. Harvard's offense lacked the coherence essential to effectiveness and the few substantial gains made were the result of brilliant individual work unaided by interference, and occasional spontaneous developments of team play from the exigencies of a desperate situation. In defense, on the contrary, the Harvard team played till the whistle blew for the last time a truly heroic game, a game in which by sheer grit and pluck...
Individually, the players are for the most part neither brilliant nor experienced, but are capable and to be relied upon. Captain Hurley plays a fast, spirited game. In the attack he may always be depended upon for substantial gains, and in the defense he is the best player on the team. Mills at fullback, is a hard plunging back, sure to gain ground in line plunges, and very effective in the secondary defense. Sperry, left half-back, will do the kicking this afternoon. His punts have fair distance and medium height, although in the latter respect they vary somewhat...
...improvement has been steady throughout the season. The defeat at the hands of West Point seemed to give the team a great brace and in the next game Columbia was beaten by the large score of 34 to 0, the team playing a hard, consistent and, at times, a brilliant game. The play in the Princeton game was all that could possibly be asked for and, with the week of comparative rest, broken only by light practice, Yale should put a stronger team in the field today than went against Princeton...
...lecture last night Mr. Noyes reviewed the economic conditions which led up to the disastrous year 1896, the turning of America's financial history, and the reasons for her brilliant recovery. Since then, he said, four great incidents have encouraged the economic and financial prosperity of the United States: the great failure of European harvests in 1897; the Spanish War, during which our sound credit enabled us to borrow $60,000,000 from European countries; the sudden increase of gold production; and the enactment of the Dingley tarriff...
...downs. The worst feature of the practice was the extraordinary amount of fumbling, due largely to poor passing by Parkinson. Brill was frequently brought back of the line from tackle to carry the ball, rushing for good gains. Kerans, who played quarterback on the second eleven, made two brilliant diving tackles during the scrimmage. Hurley was on the field but is not yet in condition to go into the line...