Word: championship
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...game today the two strongest teams of the country will play to decide the championship of the year. Rarely have Harvard and Yale come through the season with clearer titles to supremacy. Neither team has been so hard pressed in any game that it has been obliged to use its full resources of strategy; consequently all the variations of modern football that can be depended on to gain ground will be used today. For these reasons, and for the interest that Harvard-Yale contests always have, it should be the best game of the year...
...Seniors will play their second game against the Sophomores in the fifth game of the upperclass football championship series on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. In their first game with the Sophomores the Seniors won by the score of 9 to 0. If the Seniors win or tie today they win the class championship, for the Senior team has already won two games from the Juniors. The Juniors have played a tie game with the Sophomores...
...Mermaids won the scrub lacrosse championship by defeating the Nymphs by a score of 3 to 0 on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. Their victory was due to an aggressive attack and a strong defence, which broke up the Nymphs' offence before it was well started. Nash played an excellent offensive game for the Mermaids, and Alexander and Morgan did well for the Nymphs...
...while we give great credit to the team and to its coaches for victory over Dartmouth, it is to the game next Saturday that we look with greater interest. This year the Harvard-Yale game is to be a real championship contest between two teams that stand clearly above all the other teams of the year. As the two elevens are physically equal, the issue will depend on the more effective application of brain-work on one side or the other...
...scrub lacrosse series will be played on Soldiers Field at 3.15 o'clock this afternoon. The Mermaids defeated the Nymphs in the first game last Wednesday by the score of 4 to 2, so if they win today a third game will not be necessary to decide the championship. If the Nymphs win, the deciding game will be played Wednesday...