Word: dint
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first time in four years that Bates has failed to score. Corbett's sensational run from Harvard's 5-yard line the length of the field for the second touchdown was the feature of the game. He was given good interference, but it was by dint of its own fast work that he was able to go through the whole Bates team and to outstrip Cobb, the quarterback. White at left halfback put up a hard, fast game and just after the second touchdown got clear on a tackle play and made a run of thirty-six yards before...
...game with Harvard on Saturday finished one of the most successful seasons in the history of football at Yale. Starting the year with only six members of last year's team and no promising material in the freshman class, the team, by dint of much work and daily scrimmages, gradually developed a form which culminated in the Princeton and Harvard games. The team was one of the most powerful that has ever been produced at Yale, but seemed to lack finish. The line was stronger than the backfield and compared favorably with any line of previous years. Great credit...