Word: game
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...following 17 members of the 1912 football squad won their class numerals in the annual game with the Yale freshmen, at New Haven, last Saturday: Captain H. L. Gaddis, C. Amory, T. J. Campbell, H. C. Dewey, R. T. Fisher, T. Frothingham, F. Higginson, F. D. Huntington, J. H. Knapp, G. E. Morrison, F. C. Paine, E. P. Pierce, R. S. Potter, L. D. Smith, A. Strong, R. B. Wigglesworth, and E. S. Winston...
...test of the ethical value of the sport, Professor Royce examines the temper, not of the players but of the spectators. Extravagant publicity, distracting and confusing social influences, many of the evils of the mob spirit, are undeniably present. It is not so clearly demonstrable that the game, under present conditions of attendance, favors "in the mass of spectators a loyal life and a practical love of loyalty." This is Professor Royce's test of the real value of the game. To confute him would require considerable skill in what Daniel Webster once called "the arithmetic of Heaven." Meanwhile Professor...
...Harvard second football team defeated Fort Warren in the Stadium, yesterday afternoon by the score of 22 to 0. Because of the wet field, and the darkness, the time of the game was cut down to one twenty-five minute half...
...Harvard eleven outplayed their opponents in every department of the game. They were able to gain through the line at will, and worked several perfect onside kicks and forward passes. Despite the wetness of the ball, there was little fumbling on either side. The first touchdown resulted from a long run by Page after receiving a punt. The ball was put over in one line-plunge from the 10-yard line. Shortly after, Page scored on a forty-yard run around right end. The try at goal failed...
...third touchdown came as the result of a series of line-plunges from the 30-yard line. Toward the end of the game, the second team scored on a fifty-yard run, after the recovering of an onside kick. In the last few minutes the Fort Warren team tried two drop-kicks, both of which were blocked. Time was then called...