Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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June 15--Princeton, in case of tie, on neutral ground; otherwise, Orange A. C., at East Orange...
June 29--Harvard, on neutral ground in case...
...Life of Franklin, by Paul E. More, A. M. '93, covers ground more threshed out, and tells a more practical and less romantic story. It is ably and comprehensively written, and is also marked by generosity of treatment. The public side of Franklin is made prominent, but the author also discusses his religion at some length. The cavils against his character he considers are refuted by the eulogy of Washington. It is pleasant to find two books on much criticized men of the past which express such liberal views...
...study of Harvard's play shows very little. Harvard did a little better than Yale in punting; her punts were longer, the ends got down well and tackled brilliantly, and an exchange of punts usually lost ground for Yale. There were many other departments of the game in which Harvard has done better, and it seemed at times that the team did not play as well as it did against Pennsylvania; but even had there been more quickness in the line, more accuracy in the tackling, less off-side play and less fumbling, the game would not have been...
...courage and spirit as acting captain after Daly's retirement that was admirable. Lawrence was the only man in the line who had any effectiveness against the tackesback formation, and is was he that put what strength there was in the right side of the line. Harvard's only ground gainer was Fincke. After taking Captain Daly's place toward the end of the game, he made several skillful dodging runs after receiving punts which were among the features of the game. In the secondary defense Kendall was valuable, but the other backs were unable to turn back the plays...