Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...class to take advantage of the opportunities that lie before it. He emphasized the necessity of keeping up in class-room work and thus keeping up in class-room work and thus keeping eligible for the teams. The idea of persistency, which is needed to develop a good football team, is also needed to make useful men. The spirit of Harvard, which alone will give a team the vigor and the support that will make it victorious, rests in the desire of each individual to do something that is worth while with all his power and all his enthusiasm...
After Captain Lewis had spoken briefly about the team, Captain Fish said that the number of men present at the mass meeting was less than it should have been. He declared that the material for the Freshman team was good and that the coaching was the best that any Freshman victory over Yale would give the University team great moral support...
...good reading knowledge of at least two languages--one Ancient and one Modern--besides English. In some cases this knowledge is subject to a special written examination...
...second half, 1911 kicked off to 1912, for whom French, in two line bucks, gained 15 yards. A fumble gave the Juniors the ball in mid-field, but, after some good line plunging, they were forced to kick. The 1912 team blocked the kick and recovered the ball on the Juniors' 45-yard line. A forward pass was tried again unsuccessfully and Heath and Foster again gained well on their skin-tackle and line-bucking plays. When at last they were held for downs on 1912's 40-yard line, they stole the ball on the next play...
...forward pass failed, and the Juniors took the ball on their own 30-yard line. The Juniors were able now to plow through the Sophomores' line as easily as the latter team had done it a moment before, and a series of skin-tackle plays by Heath netted several good gains. At last, the 1912 team held them for downs, and French immediately repeated the former line-plunging gains by a series of low, hard bucks. To recover a loss by penalization, the Sophomores worked a long forward pass which brought the ball from the 35-yard line...