Word: came
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...real contest came in the second half when Brown had carried the ball down to Harvard's 1-yard line. Here Harvard took a magnificent brace, and five times withstood the attacks of the Brown backs. It was a magnificent bit of defensive work, and had not a University player been offside, thus giving Brown three additional downs, no touchdown would have been scored. With the score 5 to 0 against them, the University eleven put a snap into their play after the next kick-off that was irresistible. They had less than five minutes in which to play...
Professor Bateson is a distinguished English writer and lecturer on heredity, and has the reputation of being a very enthusiastic and entertaining speaker. He came to this country to attend the International Zoological Conference held in Boston last summer, and has been Stillman Lecturer at Yale this fall. Professor Bateson is about to return to England...
...before the finishing line was reached; this was effected by a final burst of speed just before crossing the line, and Claverly won by a few feet. Matthews lost considerably through bad steering, and was finally run straight into the stake boat, three lengths behind Claverly. Mount Auburn Street came in about a length behind Matthews...
...second division, a bad start was also made, again owing to the inability of the men to hear the pistol. Thayer and Matthews both got away poorly, and Weld came up on Matthews in consequence. When the crews settled down, however, Matthews rapidly overhauled the first boat, getting within a length at the first corner, and about three-quarters of a length shortly after. But in rounding the first and second bends the Matthews coxswain lost his crew at least two lengths, by bad steering. They continued to gain, however, once they were straightened out, and were soon within...
...practically all the honors in the use of new and open plays, and in several other respects the Harvard team was tried and found wanting. A general condemnation of the eleven would be as unjust as it is unwarranted, but to say that the team as a whole came up to reasonable expectations would be to wander far from the truth. It required the spur of an opponent's touchdown to a waken the team to a fraction of its potential strength, and to bring victory out of defeat. Even then Harvard was twice held for downs within...