Word: lossing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...season, while Harvard's policy has been exactly the contrary. Taking this into consideration, it really seems that Harvard ought to stand an even chance of winning. The team has just reached its highest point in development and will be handicapped in a very small degree by the loss of two or three of the regular men, as the substitutes who will take their places are all capable of good football...
...pass Groton's ends. As a whole, the Freshman eleven did not play the hard, fast game they were capable of and were lacking in what may be called football instinct. On the defensive they were very uncertain. On one play Groton's backs would be thrown for a loss, but a moment later would gain by a simple trick...
...line hard and did fair work in the interference. Behind the line Dibblee was always sure of long gains and dodged with such skill that he gained repeatedly after he had been virtually downed. At centre Doucette played hard and fast and repulsed centre attacks inevitably with a loss of ground...
...whole University has a loss to mourn in the death of "Jack," S. W. Wheeler's bull terrier, who was run over on the way to the game Saturday by the barge containing the Harvard players...
Yale played fiercely and made every opportunity count. This was especially true of their forwards, who were not content with stopping plays aimed at them but broke through and often tackled for loss. Harvard's line, on the other hand, was at times forced steadily for small gains. The men played strictly on the defensive and merely did their best to stop Yale's rushes. They got under their man, but the fierceness of Yale's attacks and the impetus with which they plunged into Harvard's line, inevitable carried them forward for small two and three yard gains...