Word: elis
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...just assumed his duties. The team has been handicapped by the delay in getting a coach, but there is very promising material on hand, and it is expected to turn out an excellent team to compete in the meets that have been arranged with Yale and other colleges. The Eli meet will take place in the latter part of March and will be the culmination of the season. Men who report for the first time now will be at no disadvantage, as formal practice is just beginning...
...them and with their goal line crossed only once, Capt. Murray and his men outgeneraled and outfought the Bulldog who generalship and fighting counted. The slightest failure in any one of a half-dozen situations fully to grasp Harvard's opportunities ties or to stem the tide of the Eli attack would have turned victory in defeat. But in the crucial moments the University did not crash...
...pounds. In the line the difference in weight is not so groat; Yale tips the scales at 194 and Harvard at 191, while from tackle to tackle the discrepancy is only 199 to 193 pounds. The Harvard ends alone of the divisions of the team outweigh the Eli wing 188 to 181. Both backfields are comparatively light, Yale weighing 172 and Harvard 167 pounds...
...Eli line, however, is shattered more by graduation than any division of either team. Four ends, four tackles, five guards, and three centres have their last opportunity to play an intercollegiate game today...
While the University team is taking its ease "in the woods," the Eli squad will stay at the Belmont Country Club and will come in to the Stadium for a short work-out today...