Word: cleverness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Shortly after the beginning of play, Sortwell got the puck in mid-rink and taking it down the ice unassisted, scored the University team's only goal. The second team's score was the result of some clever passing by Goodale and Gorham, the latter making the shot which scored the goal...
Though this will be the first production of the play, the book has been widely read by noted persons in dramatic circles, who are unanimous in their praise of its rich humor and tender pathos. Its glimpses of stage and "high society" life are exceedingly clever and amusing and there is an intensely human atmosphere about the play which readily appeals to one. The opening act which takes place behind the scenes of a theatre is remarkable for its brilliancy and realism...
...seen on a football field. Unstinted praise is due to the coaches for the memorable success which has crowned their efforts to develop a winning team out of inexperienced material. Coach Haughton, in particular, is deserving of the highest recognition. He succeeded in building up an alert, aggressive and clever eleven which was able to defeat team after team of superior weight and strength. Although the new rules have favored the crushing attack of heavy teams, Coach Haughton has taught comparatively light players to cope with this disadvantage through recourse to their greater speed and by alertness to profit...
...contribution, and only one, shows literary skill: Mr. T. S. Ross's "Tomlinson Junior, with apologies to all Kiplings" is a clever football parody in refreshingly good verse...
Loftus at quarterback played the greater part of the game for Yale, and although not as clever nor as spectacular a runner as Cornell, showed much greater general ability in handling his team than anyone yet seen in the position this season. Flynn was again the mainstay of the backfield...