Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...championship court at Holmes Field for the University championship in doubles this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Both pairs won their way into the final round after close contests in the semi-finals, Hugus and Badger requiring four hard sets, and Wooldredge and Crane five, to gain a victory...
...strong teams from Notre Dame and Lafayette, respectively. The Michigan Agricultural College suddenly burst into the football world by holding Michigan to a 3 to 0 score, a single drop-kick by Splawn saving the day for the bigger team. Brown who defeated Wesleyan last Thursday, will not play gain until next Saturday when she faces Cornell at the Polo Grounds in New York. Pennsylvania State won its fourth straight victory, defeating Ursinus...
Following the dinner of the Red Book editors of the class of 1917 in the Hotel Victoria, Boston, the chairman announced the financial results of the Red Book, showing a profit of $665.00, a gain of almost $200 over that of the 1916 Red Book. The treasurer's report is as follows: RECEIPTS. From advertisements and subscriptions, $1553.00 EXPENDITURES. Printing, $511.18 Engraving, Electric City Eng. Co., 149.49 Engraving, W. J. Dobinson Co., 52.43 Cash accounts, 24.90 Red Book banquet and theatre party, $150.00 Total expenditures, $888.00 Total receipts, 1553.00 Balance for Class Fund...
...second quarter, the game went entirely the University's way. While Tufts did some good rushing, making four first downs, it was never able to force the ball across the centre. Harvard drew first blood when Coolidge intercepted a pass on the 41-yard line. After a 12-yard gain, and a 15-yard penalty, which placed the ball on the 44-yard line, a series of nine rushes, most of them by Bradlee, carried the ball across. Soucy missed the goal...
...forward pass as a reliable means of gaining ground received a severe jolt on Saturday. Tufts started 20, only two of which were successful. Moreover six of the 20 went into the arms of Harvard players, and two of these put the University in a position to score. While Tufts did not display the finish of Washington and Jefferson in this department, yet the eleven is reputed far above the average in open play. When it is considered that a more or less skilled team gained only about 27 yards by means of passes, wasted 12 downs with no gain...