Word: jolt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...familiarize themselves with the words. If this is done we will be able to practice and appear in a more creditable manner at the remaining games. If "Harvard Indifference" allows this matter to drag along until a week before the Princeton game, we are liable to receive a severe jolt, which will come too late. WILLIAM E. HARRIS...
Prospects for continued success were given a severe jolt last week when it was found that Captain Stafford had developed water on the knee after his collision with first baseman Palmer of the M. A. C. team in Tuesday's contest, and that outfielder Leland, the heaviest hitter on the team, had torn some ligaments in his leg. But with a patched-up team, the Middlebury aggregation was defeated on Thursday, mainly through Krepps's fine performance...
...forward pass as a reliable means of gaining ground received a severe jolt on Saturday. Tufts started 20, only two of which were successful. Moreover six of the 20 went into the arms of Harvard players, and two of these put the University in a position to score. While Tufts did not display the finish of Washington and Jefferson in this department, yet the eleven is reputed far above the average in open play. When it is considered that a more or less skilled team gained only about 27 yards by means of passes, wasted 12 downs with no gain...
What enthusiasm and determination have done before they can do again. The hope of success for the University track team in the dual meet with Yale received a severe jolt on Saturday. Unexpected weaknesses in the Harvard team cropped out in several events. A few Harvard competitors fell below their usual standard of performance. Two prominent members of the team were unable to compete...