Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Saturday afternoon. Although the Maine aggregation put up a game fight they could do nothing against the heavier, more experienced players of the Crimson team. Except for frequent fumbling the game was marked by few early-season blunders. E. L. Casey, Occ., started by his clever runs through a broken field, once for 45 yards and again for 65. W. J. Murray, Occ., by his field-generalship and rushing work, and R. Horween, Occ., by his line plunges were deciding factors in the game...
Soon after the opening of the second quarter Harvard forced Bates to give up the ball on downs. Casey repeated his old-time trick on the next play when he wriggled through the line for 4 yards and then by clever dodging broke loose down the field 62 yards for his second score. Horween failed to make the goal...
...compulsion during the first year, than under a strictly laissez-faire policy. Men who have never partaken in any sports or games in their school days will be drawn into them in college and will be able to enjoy them and profit by them throughout life. The spectacle of clever and talented men needlessly stricken with physical disability in the prime of life, so that all their wit and ability must wither, is only too common; it is such useless waste of talent that the University would try to avoid by showing its students how to take care of themselves...
...have already reported are Braden, fullback, La Roche, quarterback, and Neville, Kempton and Murphy, halfbacks. Aldrich, the freshman baseball catcher of last year seems to be one of the most promising dropkickers. He is one of the heaviest members of the squad and should also develop into a clever line plunger...
...infield, is likewise strong, with Maloney, a heavy hitter, on first, Maguire, the former Boston Latin star on second; Gagnon, who is a fast fielder, at short, and Santoro, a clever base runner, playing third. Behind the bat, Martin, a veteran of two years' experience, has been reliable all season. Gill will probably be in the box again today...