Word: closer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first University tea of the year will be held in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House on Friday afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock. The object of these entertainments is to provide an opportunity for students to meet one another informally, and to bring them into closer relations with the officers of the University and their families, especially with those whom they do not meet in their courses...
...third period, Yale was never closer than 52 yards to Harvard's goal, while Harvard missed two excellent chances to score. From her 48-yard line, the University team carried the ball to Yale's 27-yard line, but lost it on a poor forward pass. Yale could not gain in three rushes and Harvard get the short kick on Yale's 38-yard line. After two rushes had advanced the ball five yards, Lewis, standing on the 34-yard line, tried a drop-kick, but it fell short and Yale got the ball...
...than 53 yards to the University team's goal-line. The work of the University team as a whole was very encouraging, especially as Dartmouth had the strongest team that Harvard has played this year. Every Harvard player showed better knowledge of the fundamentals and followed the ball much closer than his opponents. Harvard's team-play was always evident the interference showed improvement
...Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell vs. Whitney and Woods match was much closer. Whitney and Woods started well and obtained a lead of two games, but Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell braced and evened the score. After obtaining a lead of 5 to 4, Whitney and Woods were within a point of taking the set, but their opponents again succeeded in evening the score, and finally...
...left last night on the Fall River boat for New York, where it will play Columbia on the Columbia Oval at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. Although Hobart defeatel Columbia, 10 to 1, and on May 6 the University team defeated Hobart, 8 to 1, the game will be closer than these scores would suggest, as it is played on Columbia's home grounds and is their last intercollegiate league game...