Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...eleven is so good, we are bound to win; what this part does mean is that the chances are good, that the men have been working all the fall in the proper spirit,- the determination to play as they never played before. If defeat comes, it will be the fault of nobody, it will be because we were outdone by superior ability...
...practice of the last two or three weeks has been in secret. Every man in college, however much fault-finding he has permitted himself, is aware, deep down in his heart that secret practice was the one proper thing. Of course none of us know just where the eleven stands, but we do know surely that they have made great improvement since we last saw them play, and that they in ever way deserve our confidence, for they will play to the fullest extent of their ability...
Perhaps the most striking thing, though not the hardest to account for, in our college life this fall is the unity of opinion which has existed here since college opened. Seldom, if ever, has there been less fault-finding and less criticism of the team, than has been heard here in the last two months. On all sides there is that quiet determination to win, which goes so far toward winning. And it is easily accounted for. To a remarkable degree the students have been content with the vaguest reports on the secret practice and have left its results...
...private grudges by sundry forms of pugilism. The plays when the teams line up against each other are so close that it is extremely difficult for an umpire to see all that goes on. That this trouble is due to the nature of the game or to any particular fault in the rules we cannot admit. If the game were played according to the spirit and the letter of the rules there would be nothing in it to trouble the most fastidious nature or to excite the tenderest conscience. The difficulty is that umpires have often been willfully or unwilfully...
Beard is a new man for tackle, but seems to be learning the game rapidly. For a heavy man he is remarkably quick and his tackling is hard and low. Murphy is a freshman and has had some previous experience at Andover, where he played the same position. His fault at present seems to be an over-anxiety to get into the play, thus giving his opponents many yards by offside play. Taking the tackles as a pair and comparing them with last year's, they fall far below the standard...