Word: contested
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fencing tournament held in the B. A. A. Gymnasium Saturday afternoon and evening, M. de Diaz '98, who fenced last year on the senior team, won first place in Class A, novice foils; M. Green 2 L., of last year's junior team was second in the same contest; and J. P. Parker '96, a member of both the junior and senior teams in '96, was third...
...noticeable feature was the great interest shown by the students, several hundred of whom viewed the race from the lake excursion craft. The only other rowing event this fall was the single scull race for the Francis medal, which, though there were only three starters, was still a pretty contest and undoubtedly will do much toward making single sculling more popular here...
...last of the scheduled games, that with Wesleyan, resulted in an easy victory for the 'Varsity. Thirty-four points were scored in practically one half, and there was such little opposition to all of the plays that the game resolved itself into a contest of little value in determining the weak points of the team...
Today's game between Harvard and Yale, the first since the fall of '94, has been a contest which meant far more to each side than the ordinary contests on the gridiron. Yale has been laboring with her proverbial grit against heavy disadvantages. The sympathies of all sportsmen have been with her in her efforts to maintain the magnificent record she has made in the past, by the exercise of those qualities which even her hereditary opponents cannot but admire and honor. Harvard, on the other hand, has strained every nerve to burst the chain of defeats which have been...
...week following the game with Brown the work was confined to strengthening the line and the whole defensive play. The result of this was encouragingly apparent in the Carlisle Indian game. Yale's defense was much stronger but still far from perfect. The week before the West Point contest was used in practicing a method for breaking up mass plays, but the work went for nothing when the team lined up against the Cadets. Saturday's game with the Chicago Athletic Association on the other hand demonstrated that the university eleven can play hard, fast football both offensive and defensive...