Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...great deal of Yale's victory and Harvard's success in the field events this year was due to the improvement in the material already at hand by means of experience in actual competition. At present the chances of winning next year's dual meet are greatly in favor of Yale, just as they favored Harvard at this time last year. Numbers and training can, however, overcome this handicap...
...comparison of the Harvard and Yale crews, however, does not result in favor of Yale. Physically the Harvard crew appears to be superior, and in experience there is little advantage on either side. The stroke-oars in both crews have never rowed in a four-mile race. Griswold of Yale stroked the Yale winning four-oar last year, while Sargent, the Harvard stroke, rowed two on the Freshman crew. In form, however, Sargent is the superior man of the two. His stroke has a better proportion and the rhythm is decidedly more even. The stroke that Yale is roivipg this...
...game promises to be a pitchers' battle, and that being the case, the chances are slightly in favor of the University team, as Harvard's pitching staff is in better shape than Yale's. Hartford's work in the Cornell game was above criticism and there is no reason why it cannot be repeated. Coupled with a little of the batting and base-running ability shown in the Dartmouth game, such pitching will win any game...
...four-oar will be is still uncertain. All sorts of combinations have been tried without obtaining the proper results and now a new man has been sent for to be tried out during the week. Yale, as usual has a good four-oar and the chances are in their favor. The Freshman race looks favorable to Harvard at present, but sickness had caused a change in the Yale crew until very recently, and the regular eight may prove considerably faster...
...team played a short practice game with Exeter on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. At the end of four innings the game was called with the score 2 to 0 in favor of the University team. Slater and Baines were the opposing pitchers...