Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rushing of a heavy team can do when it is not exactly provided against. The possibilities, however, of the defensive ability of a light team have been indicated by the fact that Princeton's line checked Yale's attempts at rushing with less difficulty than Harvard's even heavier team than Yale's could...
...university is demonstrated. There is scarcely an hour during the day but that there is some one at work there. For a half-hour every morning, Dr. Sever instructs the freshmen in club swinging and dumb bell exercise, and every evening a class in heavier gymnastics exercises under his guidance. In the afternoon during the common recreation hour the floor is crowded and all the apparatus is in use. The candidates for the Mott Haven team, usually about sixty in number, have not commenced work yet, but the class tug-of-war teams are practicing for the coming series...
...CRIMSON : From several very confident expressions we have heard in regard to the Yale game, and from the evident relaxation in practice by the eleven, it would seem as if victory was considered certain. It must be remembered that Yale has a veteran rush line, as heavy, if not heavier, than our own, and that the game cannot possibly be won by the tactics which were used against Princeton. Nothing but the most earnest mental and physical efforts can bring us victory on Thanksgiving Day. Over-confidence alone can never...
...position was remarkable and is deserving of great praise. Considering the loss of our captain in so early a stage of the game, the team held together very well under Harding. The men must not be too much elated over this game, however, for Yale has a heavier rush line than Princeton and only hard work and strict attention to the game will win for us the championship...
...begun rowing as yet, but go through the exercises on the chest-weights daily, after which they take a five-mile walk, the last mile and a half of which is done on the run. The candidates are very light and there is great need of more and heavier men to come...