Word: finished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coach Knox finish the editorial: "Those about Cambridge have a pretty definite knowledge of the merits and shortcomings of the Harvard team, but I doubt if they have the slightest conception of the power which Yale will present on Saturday. It will require every ounce of football that the Harvard eleven possesses to pull off a victory. It is definitely and distinctly not a case of what the score will be, but whether or not the Crimson team can win. A victory must presume the last ounce of force put forth by every man who has the real interests...
...Tigers the season is over. Starting in colorless fashion, Roper brought his team into whirlwind finish by tying the University and running up the second biggest score against Yale that a Princeton eleven has ever made. Princeton stands in rather an enviable position; for two years it has had a clean slate in the big three contests with two ties with the University and two decisive victories over Yale. It is, of course, impossible to name the sectional champion until all of the returns are in, but in any case Princeton will merit consideration for premier honors...
...among which will be Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Syracuse, Pennsylvania and M. I. T. The first five men from each college to cross the line will make up the scores, the college with the lowest score to win the trophy offered annually. Each of the first seven men to finish from the entire pack will receive his letter from his respective college...
...which includes hills, ditches, sand and all possible difficulties of grade and bad footing. The six-mile course at Yale, although laid over West Rock, should be easy for them. The Princeton team is a good one and is led by Rogers, Martin, Penfield and Swede, runners who should finish in one of the first ten or fifteen places. They defeated Yale two weeks ago with little difficulty, Rogers capturing first place. It is doubtful whether they will be able to cope with Cornell's well balanced team, especially as Swede is hampered...
...seconds, which is just three-fifths of a second slower than the course record. He was followed by Hilles, his teammate, who in turn led Captain Schefer of Harvard to the tape by about 50 yards. Other members of both teams galloped down the hill to the finish well bunched with few stragglers...