Word: getting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...After their disastrous defeat at Cambridge, the Princeton team played without snap, and in an altogether discouraged way when they met Yale. All they cared for was to get through without disgrace, and then-then to set every possible wheel in motion to win in 1888. What is the result? They have brought back two of their team of 1886-two men who were noted then as their strongest players, one of whom had been elected captain of the team of 1887, but had been unable to return for that year. They have made arrangements for the most systematic management...
...long as they can make their five yards. Yale will play for more carefully planned opportunities, varying her game with an occasional kick and manipulating her men with greater rapidity and more precision. Princeton will play the most dashing forward game of them all. Her rushers will get through more quickly and sharply and will be down the field faster on a kick. She will take far greater chances than any of the rest, and while not playing much faster than Yale, will be more surprising because more reckless...
...game at Worcester on Saturday between the Worcester Technology and Havard '92 resulted in a bad defeat for the freshmen. The rushers failed to get through the opposing rush-line, and were slow in dropping on the ball, while the backs fumbled badly. Two halves of thirty minutes each were played. Play began at 2.35. Harvard having the kick-off. Brooks gained fifteen yards on a rush but the ball was soon lost on four downs. Harvard gained possession of it again near her twenty-yard line, but a fumble by Baker allowed Crosby to get it and he easily...
...second trial for the '92 glee club took place last Thursday evening most thirty men were present. There will be another trial soon when a good opportunity will be offered to all who wish to get...
...match was not devoid of interest, however. The defeated side played steadily for three sets but were apparently disheartened in the last. They evinced a decided tendency to get nervous, serving and playing hurriedly; with a little more experience they will do more justice to themselves. The winners played a slow, steady, and at times brilliant game and will deserve the title of champions...