Word: grit
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...Saturday. Fairchild and Foster exchanged places at quarterback. It was a good thing for them both. Fairchild was driven to work in order to regain his position, while Foster worked hard to remain on the first. Foster did well on interference and ran his team well. Fairchild showed more grit and determination than is usual...
...game with Brown and we see another glimmer of that same fearful spirit which for two years has characterized her baseball managements. It is a poor and unsportsmanlike feeling which will prompt one to shun an even battle and we think that Yale has distinctly lowered her reputation for grit and manly bearing in athletics by the policy she has adopted...
...represented the university so honorably and successfully we wish to extend our heartiest congratulations. The victory was clearly earned, and by a score much larger than we had dared to expect. Many a point was won by a very narrow margin, but in every case it was pure grit and determination which decided the event in Harvard's favor. In spite of rain and wind, the games never lacked in excitement. All in all they were, from a standpoint of interest, the best that have ever been seen on Holmes field. We believe that a few more contests of this...
...desperate and plucky fight for which they deserve much praise. The score does not indicate the closeness of the contest. Up to the last event but one, the outcome was in doubt, and we all were kept in a state of almost painful suspense. The Yale runners showed grit and perseverance and in spite of their defeat, did credit to themselves and to their university...
...tries to educate himself. That so many have succeeded in securing a college education by their own efforts is something of which we can be truly proud, not only because the University offers so many advantages for this class of men; but because men of so much perseverance and grit are members of the University...