Word: hards
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...introduce into the schedule of the Harvard football team an annual game with the graduates to be played in the middle of October? By doing this we should not only be giving the University players a hard game against a team of considerable strength and great experience, but we should introduce a spirit of "friendliness" into the game...
...seems quite possible to get enough men to come back here for a week's practice and general reunion. And a week's practice would surely be sufficient in which to train a team that would give any ordinary university team a very hard game, if not actually defeat them. There are, of course, many obstacles in the way of this scheme at first, but these could be overcome, and once the game became an annual feature, football in general, and out University team in particular, would be greatly benefited. C. G. OSBORNE...
...coaches, each with different ideas as to how his position should be played, have done their pupils more harm than good. If, however, these players should unite to form a superior sort of "second" eleven they would be of much more real assistance in the University team. A hard game some little time before the end of the season is a great help in showing where the weak points are, and to be beaten by a team of Harvard graduates would not rankle in the same way as a defeat at the hands of our strong rivals...
...first set Niles had things very much his own way. Pell's underhand shots were hard, but he was unsteady. In the second set Pell underhand shots were hard, but he was unsteady. In the second set Pell played carefully and both he and Niles lobbed a great deal. In the third set Niles played much better and Pell was outclassed. The last game, however, was hotly contested, being won by Niles after going to deuce...
...Dabney '09 defeated J. W. Wheelwright '10 and F. S. Blanchard '10, by the score of 11-9, 6-2, 6-2. This match was hotly contested and extremely interesting. Blanchard and Wheelwright made up for Niles' twisting serves and Dabney's clever placing by their hard shots and steady volleys...