Word: covered
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...undergraduates' defense was poor through inability to cover their opponents, but they improved in this respect toward the end of the game. The passing was rather accurate and the stick work fair, but a lack of team play was shown. Smith, Mitchell, Beane and Alvord played the best game for the University team; Breed and Taylor for the graduates...
...great showers of 1833 and 1866. Last year, however, the expected shower was a disappointment and doubts are entertained by many as to the actual appearance of the Leonids this year. The preparations at the Observatory, though less extensive than those made last year, are sufficient to cover the entire field of the shower. Four cameras have been mounted together and others will be used separately if the Leonids appear. One or two other cameras will also be exposed at some favorable station within ten miles of the Observatory...
...programme for the Yale game is being printed in Philadelphia under the direction of L. D. Waddell, Yale 1901S. It will contain no advertisements, as the management aims to do away with the large amount of unreadable matter that is often found in programmes of this kind. The covers will be 10 1-2 by 6 1-4 inches in size, and of antique gray color. On the front a design of blue, crimson and gold will be embossed, and the seals of the two universities, printed in the same color, will be stamped on the back cover...
Jackson, right guard, plays a steady, but not brilliant game, and shows the most consistent form. He has not yet learned to cover territory on each side of him. O'Connor, right guard, does very well at times, but too often is found up in the air in such a position that he cannot offer any resistance to a coming play. He advances without much force, and does not cover much ground...
...December it was found that the original donation of $25,000 would not cover entirely the cost of the building, and the New York Harvard club at once subscribed $2,500 more. By the last of December the building was well toward completion. On the morning of December 27 a fire started in a small work-house where workmen were heating creosote shingle-stain. An explosion followed, which set fire to the boat house and in a very short time the building had burned to the ground. The launch, Frank Thompson, which was lying near, was also destroyed...