Word: hands
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...played on the Yale team last year began the football season by ten days of practice on Travers Island. The whole squad was not assembled until September 25, a week later than Harvard began. About thirty candidates presented themselves. All of last year's players were on hand except Murphy, Beard and Armstrong. Butterworth did not play for a while owing to trouble with his eyes. Murphy and Beard returned to college a week or two later and immediately went to work. Armstrong was busy in his capacity as captain of the crew, and was not needed on the field...
...judge from appearances, however, Harvard has the advantage in team work. The men play together better, except in the case of the backs. When a Harvard back bucks the line he often has to do it alone. The Yale backs, on the other hand, are sure to help one another. This same difference was noticeable last year. Butterworth's phenomenal line breaking had that for its cause. Still the Harvard team has but just had its fullback picked. This more or less accounts for this year's failure in team work in that one respect...
...advance sheets of the Radcliffe College Reports for 1894 being at hand, it is possible to give an accurate review of the progress of the college during the past year...
...EMMONS, 2ND.CHESS CLUB. - The following men must be on hand at Harvard square at 6.45 sharp: S. M. Ballou, F. F. Davis, E. P. Fay, J. Hewins, H. Lewis, G. S. Mumford, J. Peck, A. W. Ryder, L. B. Shoenfeld, Thorndike Spalding, W. W. Stevens, W. L. Van Kleeck...
...business meeting last night it was voted to accept the invitation of the Wendell Phillips Club for a joint debate. The proposed date, Nov. 30, will have to be changed on account of other debates which the Union has on hand...