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...article appeared in yesterday's "Boston Globe which probably caused some indignation among those who read it. Very likely the writer does not express the real opinion of any but a small portion of Harvard men. But the sentiments which are voiced after every hard-fought Yale game are enough to justify him in his conclusions. "Isn't it about time for Harvard men to stop being satisfied with creditable defeat?" With this sentence the Globe writer introduces his arraignment of our attitude toward football. The accusation angers us at first; but how is the outsider to know how bitter...
...game was a hard-fought contest from start to finish and the players clung to each other so closely and were so aggressive in intercepting passes that little opportunity was given for team play. Several times after Griffiths and Burnham had by clever dodging, dribbled the ball the length of the floor, no one was able to free himself to try for a goal. Griffiths missed every free try in the first half, but in the second half steadied down and threw eight. Amberg did the most brilliant shooting, and scored two very difficult shooting, and scored two very difficult...
...hard-fought game of football in the Stadium yesterday morning two elevens representing Company A of the First Corps Cadets, and Battery A, Field Artillery, M.V.M., played to a tie, neither team being able to score. Both teams were very strong on the defense and correspondingly weak on the offense...
GENEVA, N. Y., May 30.--The Harvard lacrosse team played its last game of the season here today with Hobart College, losing by the score of 6 to 5 in a fast and hard-fought game. The men were handicapped by their unfamiliarity with the rough ground. Their strength lay in the middle-field, but their attack near the goal failed to work together. Hobart's attack was aggressive...
...extremely close and hard-fought game the University basketball team defeated Yale in the Gymnasium on Saturday evening by the score of 12 to 10. At the end of the regular halves the score was tied at 10 to 10, and an extra period was played to decide the game. The play was fast and exciting throughout, but the interest of the game was largely spoiled by several long delays for disputes over rules and decisions...