Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That the problem of extra seats at this year's Yale game has become a really serious one is evident from the fact that there is now a great possibility that the contest will have to be staged in the Yale Bowl, and not in the Stadium as scheduled...
Largest Score for Brown. Brown ran up the largest first game score in many years when they defeated Rhode Island States 38 to 0. The playing of the victors was smooth and consistent and they were held for downs but once throughout the contest. The University of Virginia by showing better team-work and knowledge of the fundamentals beat Randolph-Macon...
...have had its terrible results brought home to them in a way that has not happened since the days of our own Civil War. Moreover, they regarded that struggle, even while it was going on, as a catastrophe which could never be repeated. But now they have seen a contest, based upon conflicting national interests that might at some future time apply to this hemisphere; and they have stood themselves upon the brink of war, although the interests at stake between the contending powers in no way affected this country. They have been like the man who thinks...
...annual Yale regatta on the Thames at New London on June 24 and 25, the University won two of the five races, the Freshman four and the graduates' contest. Yale easily won the principal event of the regatta, when the University regulars were beaten by seven lengths. The Yale boat started with a leap before Harvard's oars had touched the water, an initial spurt which put Yale almost immediately half a length ahead. Harvard rowed a faster stroke almost throughout the race, but fell behind constantly as the Blue showed no signs of weakening or overstraining. The University also...
...University made only 3 hits off Way, and all of these came in the first two innings. The agreement with Yale and Princeton required that the game be played so that the championship could be decided on a percentage basis, even though there was nothing at stake in the contest...