Word: evenements
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...best of condition and a contest resulted that was fully worthy of the large crowd of 30,000 spectators who witnessed the play. It was a defeat, decisive and convincing, but one which the pluck and unremitting endeavor of the losers rendered almost as satisfying as a victory. Even after Yale had scored two touchdowns in the first half, such was the power already made evident by the Harvard team that a successful outcome was still expected with a large degree of confidence. To those who knew the real strength of the Harvard eleven it was a great surprise that...
...other candidates and in addition is very valuable in carrying the ball. He is, however, a trifle too slow in determining where plays are going and gives practically no help to the other members of the team. Clark is a faster man than Mills, but has in an even greater degree the fault of not assisting the other players. At tackle also the struggle has been hard and long protracted. Both Shea and Wright have been given exhaustive trials, with the result that the former has at last proved himself the more effective player. He is exceedingly slow...
...team today is, as it has been throughout the season, a sort of enigma. From one day to the next its form has been one long series of contradictions, until even at the very last day it is impossible to state how strong the team really is. At times the men have shown ability to play together, though never for any prolonged period. It is possible, however, that the secret practice, which has continued without interruption during the past four weeks, may have wrought great changes in the team. The improvement during the last week, at least, has been extensive...
...lesser jokes and pictures in the number are generally good, and seem to show that the Lampoon, even though somewhat at the expense of recent numbers, has been saving its best products to advantage...
...unusually fast playing, and at the end of the two halves against the second team, seven touchdowns had been scored. The men gave reason to believe that they can respond fully in a crisis and put more fierceness into their work than they have exhibited at any time before. Even though the final game will be played so soon, the power shown by the team yesterday was enough to encourage the belief that the team has the ability and the spirit to bring its work to a successful issue...