Word: favor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...advantage of a long southern trip, while Columbia has only played two games thus far. The Harvard attack is strong, but the defense is rather weak; Columbia's defense, on the other hand, is stronger than her attack. The chances of winning today's game seem to favor the University team, but a hard contest is expected. There will be two other league games for the University team--with Cornell and Hobart on May 6 and 7. The line-up: HARVARD. COLUMBIA. Sheip, g. g., Trott Marsters, p. i.h., Rosenheim Arnold, c.p. o.h., McKinlay Thomas, 1d. 1a., Renner Cochrane...
Johns Hopkins has, as usual, a strong team, which is much further developed than the University team, for it began work earlier in the season. The chances of winning the game today seem to favor Johns Hopkins...
...long way to come" and even the divagations of a star, who, though assured that he "cannot be-touched," nevertheless "worries himself wild," and toward the middle of the game "goes up in the air and stays there," are understandable; but those conditions at Yale that do not favor a pitcher's arm, give then uninitiated cause for meditation...
...second game of the series will be played this afternoon at 4 o'clock between the Seniors and Juniors. The Seniors lost several of their best men by graduation in March, but nevertheless the chances of winning favor them...
...play, which was first acted in 1611, is one of the most original of the Elizabethan comedies in wit, plot and character-drawing, and is a burlesque of the ranting plays so much in favor at the time, and of the ignorant London playgoers, who applauded them. It was presented last night as nearly as possible after the manner of its production in Elizabethan days, and was therefore staged very simply, signs being used to indicate the scenes. The music, which as far as possible has been adapted for the production from original melodies, was arranged by A. M. Hurlin...