Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...particular books recommended. In the advertising branches there is opportunity for the display of the greatest ingenuity; the life of a book may depend on the skill with which it is brought before the public; and, in general, the competition among different firms compels advertising to be novel and brilliant, to be eminently successful. Other departments of publishing also which afford good opportunities, are illustrating, management of agents' work, and subscription editions, and so forth...
...will represent their class are. though rather light, a very plucky set of men; and they ought to make an excellent showing against Yale. Their record of games won during the past season does not appear to be brilliant, but they have shown steady improvement, and are now doing creditable work with some team play. The great trouble is the lack of snap and the slowness which the rush-line show, and the fumbling of the backs...
McCormick made a dash at Harvard's centre, but Dexter fell on him, and it was Yale's second down. Then came the first of McClung's brilliant rushes. Hinkey, Winter, Heffelfinger and the rest of the backs formed into a crescent in front of their captain, and the scythe-like formation rolled out around the left end. Hallowell and the other rushers were blocked off and McClung sprinted along the side till he reached Harvard's 20-yard line. It was an exhibition of beautiful interference...
McClung's Brilliant Rushes.Yale had the ball on Harvard's 30-yard line and Bliss got ten yards more through good interference around the right end. Unfair holding gave the ball to Harvard. Again Harvard had the chance to rush, and again she could not gain. Trafford punted out of bounds. Yale got the ball in the middle of the field and McClung, aided by beautiful interference, made a most brilliant sally for twenty-five yards around Hallowell. Heffelfinger, Morison and McCormick advanced the leather to Harvard's 15-yard line. Another rush and it was only ten yards from...
...been often predicted that Yale would win the contest by her team work, and such proved to be the case. The individual work of the Yale eleven seemed to be, and was, brilliant. But what really gave it the appearance of overmatching Harvard's individual play was the strength of the team work which was the ground work of everything and the secret of Yale's signal success. A Harvard opinion would be that the Harvard eleven, trained to the beautiful team game which Yale showed, would have been superior to the Yale eleven with equally good team work...