Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...citizens and even your cheek when abroad. The Englishman seems to have learned the restraint of leadership while boys in other countries are learning Latin and arithmetic. "There might have been no Great War in Europe had the nations played with balls of leather instead of balls of lead." When George II had spoken, that distinguished Spanish man of letters Professor Salvador de Madariaga rose and presented with serenity and wit the case for esthetics. By the decisive vote of 286 to 237 the Oxford Union balloted that vernacular George II had lost the debate. Were George II Roman Catholic...
...Goal was missed. After this, the Eli scrubs rallied and forced at will through the Crimson line. They did not begin to score, however, until the second half when Cruikshank and Whiting started plunging through for big gains. The former scored in five minutes and kicked goal for the lead. The only other Crimson score came toward the conclusion of the game when G.L. Lewis '30 ran 25 yards for a touchdown, after a long run back of a kickoff...
...then in 1916 Harvard suffered its first defeat at the hands of the Blue since 1909. The score was 6 to 3. Harvard took the lead early in the game with a goal from the field. With the second period well under way Yale had the ball when one of the Blue backs fumbled in going through the line. It just eluded some of the Harvard backs, was recovered by Yale on the Crimson's 13 yard line, and then the Blue was just able to get across the goal for a touchdown. This was Houghton's farewell game...
...weather the most unfavorable. The 1926 fray in the Bowl is remembered by undergraduates for the Harvard touchdown brought about by a pass, Henry Chauncey '27 to W.G. Saltonstall '28, which gave the Crimson rooters a moment of hope. The game ended, however, with Yale in the lead, 12 to 7. Last year's tilt in the Stadium brought out the steady power the Blue held over the Crimson and the Elis again returned to New Haven with a victory over Harvard. The score was 14 to 0.Courtesy of Harvard University PressCONTINGENT OF 48 YEARS AGO THE TEAM...
With the climax of the 1928 gridiron season but two days off, students of the University, lead by the Harvard Band, will rally and march through the Yard and Square to Soldiers Field to cheer the Crimson forces in their final open practice of the fall campaign...