Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...football is to be played as a sport just for exercise it makes little difference what is done, but if it is a game in which a great part of the sport,--to Harvard men both players and supporters,--is a successful outcome and at least an even percentage of victories over powerful rivals, it must be one in which the efficiency of the players both individually and collectively is developed to the highest possible pitch...
...Even as of old the saints of God have come...
...individual excellence will compensate for a defeat by Yale? Possibly the ideal of sport is a game in which the fun of playing eclipses the desire for victory. However unfortunately constituted, no real American team can feel that they have accomplished their purpose unless they at least break even with their strongest opponents...
...author falls short of complete effectiveness, it should be said for him that he undertakes a more difficult task than the other contributors. The sonnet ("Ad Astra") shows earnestness of spirit and a sense of form, but it lacks vividness and consistency. It is sometimes conventional, or even prosaic. Mr. Altrocchi's story, "Between Fires," is for the most part well-written, though the time sequence is clumsily handled at one point. The description of the lover's symptoms is now and then extravagant, and if the same restraint had been observed throughout that appears in the conclusion, the effect...
...which 17 points to 0 were scored. Possibilities for a great eleven were shown, yet brilliant individual football rather than steady team play characterized the game. On October 14 an old-fashioned, line-smashing style of play enabled Yale to run up 52 points without allowing Holy Cross even a chance to score. The strong Army team proved the hardest proposition of the preliminary season. West Point's remarkable defense combined with repeated penalties against the Yale team allowed no chance for scoring, and the final score...