Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Today's contest with Penn. State is fraught with special significance for the eleven. The power of the team is an unknown quantity which will today be disclosed. Last year the University was fortunate enough to tie Penn. State 13 to 13 in the last few minutes of play. This year the Pennsylvania college boasts an eleven which has a record of five straight victories and no defeats, and which is rated even stronger than last year...
...before the Princeton game, in the Stadium this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The visitors are bringing to Cambridge a strong aggregation of players, with a record of five straight victories behind them. Though outweighed by the University, the team is in excellent condition and will enter today's contest, set on eclipsing last year...
...been doing well. A week ago he finished second to Moore, the Technology runner. King, the only man from last year's winning Freshman team available for running this fall, comes second. He appears to be developing into a good runner but is comparatively green, today's contest being his first big race. Captain Twitchell '16 is third. He is reliable and steady, and is sure to give a good account of himself. R. H. Davison '16, one of the four members left from last year's team has been hampered so far by a strained ankle but he seems...
...second year in succession, Washington and Jefferson defeated Yale at New Haven, this time to the score of 16 to 7. In contrast to other Saturday games, the contest was marked by the use of the wide-open game, the visiting team completely baffling the Blue with a much-varied and bewildering aerial attack. Yale seemed utterly unable to cope with the Washington and Jefferson attack, and at the same time was unsuccessful in breaking up their opponent's defense. A recovered fumble by Scovill on Washington and Jefferson's 10-yard line was all that saved Yale from...
...previously felt only a complacent interest in the team is now backing it heart and soul. It is defeat which shows the true calibre of men, and the grit and fighting qualities showed by Captain Mahan and his team in Saturday's game have brought them out of the contest more respected, if such a thing is possible, than they were before the game...