Word: favored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...yesterday, to decide the class football championship, the juniors won a decided victory by the score of 12 to 0. Throughout the game '97 played fast, hard football, keeping their opponents entirely on the defensive and clearly outplaying them at every point. Though weight and experience told strongly in favor of the juniors, their success was no less due to good, steady team work, and to careful training. It speaks well for the condition of the men, that yesterday, for the second time, the team went through a hard fought game without requiring a substitute...
...Harvard team was defeated by Princeton on Saturday by a score of 12 to 4. The first half was all in Harvard's favor. The ball was in Princeton's territory almost all the time during this half, and at one time the ball was within 2 yards of her goal. In the second half the Harvard eleven seemed to go all pieces. They seemed to have lost all snap, and played a listless game, the Princeton men breaking through the opposing line at will...
Princeton again punted to Brewer, who stood on Harvard's 10 yard line. Brewer kicked but the ball was blocked and rolled over the line. Rosengarten dropped on it for a touchdown. Suter failed to kick the goal and the score was 8 to 4 in Princeton's favor...
...where they lost it on a fumble at quarter-back. Ninety-six took the ball down the field by hammering at centre for long gains. They pushed the ball over ninety-seven's goal line after about seven minutes' play. Merriman kicked the goal. Score, 6 to 0 in favor of the seniors. Ninety-seven's kick-off was returned by Holmes to their 40 yard line. Here ninety-seven fumbled but Sleeper, grabbing the ball, ran around right end and down the field. Just before he reached...
...that a man had nevertheless to marry without such a trial as would be expected if he bought even a beast of burden. The question whether woman was a human being was also soberly discussed at church council. It was finally decided that she was; but with so much favor as that, her situation was still most unhappy...