Word: contest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...understand that Dartmouth college is coming to Cambridge today with the firm expectation of seeing their team victorious. Every effort has been directed toward this their last and most important game of the season, while Harvard still has to look forward to its big contest. We realize that nothing we can say will lead them to abandon their convictions, but we expect our team to gradually disillusionize them this afternoon. For several weeks the University team has failed to display the playing of which it is capable. We have the coaches and the players who can produce a strong team...
...next contest will be the intercollegiate cross-country run at Princeton on November...
...difficult to say what the result of this afternoon's contest will be, as the crews have rowed so little together, and there have been so many changes in the boats. On the whole, however, the chances seem to favor Newell, for the men have more unity in their rowing, and keep their blades longer in the water. Weld is inclined to clip the finish of the stroke, and at times there is a noticeable check of the shell between strokes, as the men do not control their slides well. Furthermore, although Weld is decidedly fast over the first part...
...Seniors won the interclass tennis tournament from the Freshman yesterday afternoon. G. But '08 and E. P. Burt '08 defeated W. M. Walker '11 and J. M. Whiting, Jr., '11, by the score of 3-6, 6-4, 9-7, thus deciding the contest and making the match between C. C. Pell '08 and E. M. Pickman '08 and W. B. Fraser-Campbell '11 and A. Sweetser '11 unnecessary. The second half of the match, which was played today, was close and fast. The two Burts took Walker and Whiting by surprise at the start, but in the last...
...some of Dennie's punts, he ran back many from 10 to 20 yards, after recovering them on the bounce. Starr's strength lay in his tackling, which was hard and effective. Anollonio's game showed great possibilities both in offense and defense, and he played steadily throughout the contest...