Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other unrestrained manifestations of loyalty. There can, however, be something that will make the players feel when they start in that the men they represent are present and ready to stand by them. Such a feeling never fails as an inspiration to a man about to enter an athletic contest...
...fierce game. Every inch of ground was hotly fought for, and every point was made by the hardest kind of work. Weaknesses in both elevens cropped out at several stages of the game, but the contest was replete with brilliant and sensational plays...
...interesting game, long runs being made by Thorne, Marks and Beard of Yale, and by the Draper brothers of Williams. The principal point of interest was the feat of Williams in scoring against Yale and keeping the contest a tie for nearly the entire first half. Yale scored in two minutes, and had the ball at the Williams 25 yard line when a snap-back fumble lost it. Williams then made dogged gains until the ball had been planted at Yale's five yard line. On the next down F. Draper went through Yale's right tackle and over...
Marks and Thorne made touch-downs and Thorne kicked a goal from the field during the rest of the contest...
...course a danger that the new idea may be carried to an extreme, and that the men may not get enough work to teach them good football. But surely it is to be hoped that experience will prove there is a less severe way to prepare for an important contest than that which has been followed in the past few years. One of the strongest of the arguments against competitive sports will then be answered...