Word: hards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Manning of '98 and J. W. Farley of '99. This is Rantoul's second year as captain and his third on the team at right end. Before coming to Harvard he played end on Hopkinson's championship team. He weighs about 155 pounds and is a hard and conscientious player...
Farley played quarterback on last year's Freshman team. Before entering the University he played on Roxbury Latin. He weighs about 158 pounds and is a hard tackler. Last year '97 won the championship largely upon their tackle plays and on Hallowell's punting. They should have a strong team this year...
...playing was hard but very spirited throughout, being confined mostly to kicking by Brown, Wrightington and Cabot. Irwin-Martin and E. H. Davis tackled well...
...crew this year is the stand off the stretcher from catch to finish. It is an element of the stroke in which Harvard crews have been very deficient of late years. The body swing is very long. The leg drive beginning at the catch with the shoulders thrown on hard to gain a strong position. The pressure is increased through the stroke ending in a hard finish. There is no lift in the stroke as there was last year but a horizontal drive throughout. The hands are shot away quickly and the body swing taken at the beginning...
...Harvard loses the game today and with it the series, it will be rather hard to pick the best college team of this season. The deciding game of the Yale-Princeton series will be played at New Haven, and for that reason Yale stands a good chance to win. On the other hand, Brown has beaten Yale three times, and Harvard has beaten Brown two out of four games, both away from home, and by the very good score of 6 to 1. If, however, Harvard wins the series with Princeton, there will remain only the question of superiority over...