Word: handed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...teams were about evenly matched. The Harvard line showed great improvement in this respect, and from tackle to tackle, the Dartmouth backs were unable to gain with any regularity. Outside of tackle and around end, however, Captain Glaze drove his backs for Dartmouth's steadiest gains. On the other hand, the Dartmouth line was almost impregnable to the University backs, and as the game progressed Harvard's gains became more and more intermittent...
...rate that is the most charitable explanation of unfair tactics which have frequently appeared among the players as well as the spectators. This year the captains are doing their best to insure fair contests, but they will not succeed unless the supporters of the teams refrain from taking a hand in the game. The winners of the series are awarded numerals--a distinction which should carry sufficient weight to check any sympathetic playing by the crowd...
There is no mystery whatever connected with my withdrawing from the squad. Neither is it in any way due to the possibility that I "was not given a fair show." On the other hand, during all the time I participated in the work on Soldiers Field, I was treated with uniform courtesy and consideration by the coaches, the trainer and the management. I was given every opportunity to make good. After my participation in the Bowdoin game I was assigned to the University locker room and the training table--a distinction which I will remember with pleasure...
...this point the high rate of stroke began to tell noticeably on the leading crew. The men were no longer able to respond to the frequent calls for a spurt, and both stroke and No. 7 began to show signs of fatigue. The Claverly crew, on the other hand, rowing a slower, steadier stroke, were still comparatively fresh, and their boat was spacing well. From then on, it was merely a question of whether Claverly could wear down Randolph's lead before the finishing line was reached; this was effected by a final burst of speed just before crossing...
...line and went against the stiffened defense of the Springfield line it was held twice, both times within the 5-yard line. This lack of power at the critical moment was most discouraging and can only be explained by the fact that the annual mid-season slump is at hand...