Word: lights
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...good catches of punts and always gained several yards before he was tackled. Of the backs, Hayes was the heaviest and was the best ground gainer, though his slowness in getting started was a lamentable weakness. Manning ran well with the ball after he once got started, but his light weight told against him whenever he was tackled. Dunlop was sent through the centre for short gains. Wrenn played a quick, sharp game at quarter and made a very pretty catch of a high punt. Beale played the second half when his interference and blocking off were rather better than...
...greater honors of the college course, and this fact the freshman is made to realize soon after he begins his life there. At Harvard it is too often the case that a man reaches his junior year before he begins to appreciate the distinctly favorable light in which our literary magazine appears when compared with that of any other college...
This fall both Harvard and Yale announced at the beginning of the season that the work of the elevens would be comparatively light. Up to this time the practice on Soldiers Field has been so. Before the game last Saturday the coaches naturally felt some doubt about the ability of the men to last through the second half. But as was evident to all who were on the grounds, the Harvard men were much more able than their opponents to stand the test of hard playing. For one week more, then, it was determined that the system of light work...
...ninety-six and ninety-seven football elevens appeared on Soldiers Field yesterday for the first time and began their season's work. There was a painful lack of candidates for both teams, and only light work was done, as there were not enough men to line...
...Captain Whittemore's call for candidates about twenty men presented themselves yesterday. There was very little good material among the men, Hoyt and Burgess showing the best form. Both of these men have played before on their school teams, Hoyt at Roxbury Latin, Burgess at Andover. There will be light practice for the next few weeks, for the purpose of bringing out any new material which may be in college. Following is the list of candidates and their positions: Scannell '97, c.; Highlands '95, p.; Bacon '95, c.; Hamilton '96, c.; Flynn L. S., s.s.; Perry '97, p.; Griffin...