Word: due
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ragging of signs, gate lifting, and hazing. Those disorders have now practically disappeared from American college life, and the cause of their disappearance, in the opinion of such men as Professor Adams of Wisconsin and Dean Briggs of Harvard, has been the rise of athletics, which rise is due for the most part to the great American game, intercollegiate football...
...Graduates Magazine for December, which should have appeared a week ago, but was delayed at the bindery, is finally out today. It was due to this unexpected delay, the CRIMSON is informed, that various articles contained in the present number have recently appeared in the outside press in advance of the issue of the Magazine itself...
...football season at Yale has been one of slow but steady improvement. Constant changes in the line, due to the competition for the places left vacant by graduation, have been responsible for weakness shown on the defense. This was especially noticeable in the Pennsylvania State and Brown games, but since then the defense has of course been strengthened as a result of the fewer changes which have been necessary. This building up of a new rush line has been the greatest problem which the coaches have had to face this year, with only two of last season's players...
...offense of the first eleven was fast and strong, as is shown by the number of touchdowns, scored. With one or two exceptions the defense held firm and the second team's only score was due to Craft's quickness in taking advantage of a fumble by Squires. Neither eleven was free from fumbling, although there was very little as compared with Monday's exhibition...
...scrimmage was an exhibition of some extremely poor football. The fumbling was wretched and the team showed little life, this being partly due to the fact that Sortwell went in at quarterback for the first time on the first eleven. In a 25-minute period two touchdowns were scored by the first eleven, but the play was very ragged and the second once took the ball on downs. Wendell made the longest run of the scrimmage, circling right end for 35 yards. Snyder played a good game and once threw Timmins for a loss of 13 yards...