Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meeting of the Lacrosse Association last Monday, an unanimous vote was passed in favor of the University Club...
...were long and well placed. Twice he interfered for Dibblee so successfully on kicks that he was enabled to make fine 15 and 25 yard runs. Late in the practice however he was struck so hard by the opposing ends that he was compelled to leave the field in favor of Mills. The latter bucked the line hard and did fair work in the interference. Behind the line Dibblee was always sure of long gains and dodged with such skill that he gained repeatedly after he had been virtually downed. At centre Doucette played hard and fast and repulsed centre...
Fifty-five organizations in Harvard have passed resolutions in favor of a University Club...
...with Yale will go down into athletic history as a wasted opportunity. It is idle to go into particulars. Harvard clearly demonstrated her superiority in the first half, by holding her own against Yale in spite of the wind. In the second half, though the wind was in her favor, she could do little better, and lost the ball on Yale's four-yard line. The real game was played at that moment and Yale won, for her policy was one of defense and in that she succeeded. The team and the College have then little to be proud...
Yale's defense was strong, incomparably stronger than it had been represented, yet even with this unexpected force against them, Harvard's forwards should still have carried the preponderance in their favor. As it was, the line almost to a man played football hardly consistent with their ability, and not one man exceeded his past capabilities, a fact brought out in glaring contrast to the work of the Yale line. The Harvard team undoubtedly had underestimated Yale's defensive strength, and it is also probable that Yale considered Harvard's defensive stronger than it was. It was just this...