Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...play was fast and fairly accurate. Ward took the net as usual and won the first set by sharp volleying and clever placing. In the succeeding sets, Marvin steadied down and from the base line passed Ward frequently. His back-hand stroke was very speedy and his low ground-strokes were effective against Ward's net game...
...Genevote. In the many amusing situations which result from this complicated state of affairs, Corbineli, Granger's body servant, plays an important part. He is the conventional servant of comedy who is always interesting himself in his master's private affairs, and it is he who originates all the clever tricks with which the play abounds...
Yesterday's matches were the most interesting that have as yet been played. In the first set of the Roche-Thomas match, Thomas frequently passed Roche by his long hard driving and clever back work. He was not able to keep up his game, however, and soon became erratic, with the result that Roche won easily in the second and third sets. Ward and Davis won the match with Lang and Bowdoin in two rather one-sided sets in which there was not much opportunity for scientific playing, the points being usually settled in a few strokes. The next match...
...kick. In every case the Amherst back was downed for a loss and often with such force that he dropped the ball. The Harvard backs on the other hand had no trouble in eluding the Amherst ends and forwards, and made long gains after catching the punts. Daly was clever as usual in this department of the game...
Harvard scored almost immediately at the opening of the game. Although Upton handled Hallowell's kick-off very well, Bowdoin was forced to punt. After one poor pass by Swett, Upton punted out at his own thirty-yard line. Some clever hurdling by the Harvard backfield carried the ball up to the five-yard line where Parker scored through La Ferriere. Sawin missed the goal. During the remainder of the half, the ball changed hands often, without approaching either goal line. Offside play and careless fumbling cost Harvard much distance...