Word: dartmouth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...injuries more serious than minor bruises and strains were discovered when the University football squad reported yesterday for the first practice since Saturday's rout before the flying Dartmouth eleven. Further indications that the Crimson will be represented in full strength in the Indiana game next Saturday came in the fact that the three players who were kept out of the Dartmouth contest on account of injuries were all in uniform yesterday...
...game today, Dartmouth lacked co-ordination except in a few flashes and our scores came at those times," said MacPhail. "Harvard had power right up to the final whistle, and fought hard, but the ends were poor. With them out it was easy to make long runs. The line was wonderful, and your center played a great game...
...McAvoy, Dartmouth end, added that "Harvard had a powerful line that followed the ball unusually well, but the score shows the difference in methods of offense. Harvard's plug-a-way style could not possibly net the same yardage as Dartmouth's varied offensive attack," McAvoy seconded MacPhail's praise of the Harvard center, but declined to comment upon the work of the Crimson ends...
...gesture typifying the friendly, pleasant relationship which has come to distinguish Harvard-Dartmouth athletic events was contributed by the adherents of the Green after the final whistle Saturday, and went partially unrecognized, or worse still was misinterpreted in some quarters. The visiting cheering section had been specifically instructed to remain in the stands until after Harvard had sung its "alma mater". And still they watched and still their wonder grew--the Crimson apparently had no song to honor its name in defeat as well as in victory. The losers were no less amazed. "What manner of men are these...
When the realization finally came that to wait was futile, Dartmouth tried valiantly to snake dance with all the abandon that the occasion required, but the spell had been broken: Their enthusiasm had been self-suppressed in its spontaneous state, in the cause of sports-manlike conduct--not to insult their opponents with a contempt for the victory. A Harvard football scalp is still a cherished prime in Hanover, though not to be valued higher than a tradition of courtesy...