Word: lot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Bankart has during his several years at Colgate given Yale a lot of trouble, twice beating the Blue and two other times losing by close scores...
...befuddled by the hidden-ball plays, which Cornell had borrowed from Harvard, and frequently charged the wrong way. But, as pointed out above, the Ithacans were obliged to carry on their defensive line-breaking in their own territory. Harvard played her centre loose on defence, and this helped a lot. Cornell's centre had better have played similarly; but he didn't. Cornell is unquestionably a better team than she showed herself to be Saturday. She received a dose of genuine football class on Saturday, and it unsettled her. As for Harvard, any team that defeats her from...
Paris is said to have been startled by the audacity; but why, if Parisians have faith in the star of Joffre? This select lot of land, scarred by trenches and craters, but still prolific in the hands of the intensive farmer, is French soil again. The buildings, it is true, have been shot to pieces and the trees, if there be any left, are blasted by shell and gas and may never leaf again, but one may till and sleep there in security unless the Germans "come back...
...players, practically an entire eleven, who three weeks ago were set down as likely to begin the opening game of the season with Yale against Carnegie Institute, will probably be out of the line-up. The Yale situation has changed completely the past fortnight, and, although a lot of excellent material remains available, considerable has disappeared from college and still more will not be available till the season is well advanced...
...business, but will devote his spare time to helping mould the Eli eleven. In addition to Cates, Clarence Alcott and Douglas Bomeisler are also helping with the ends, and it is expected that John Kilpatrick, a former star at the extremity of the line will put in a lot of work with the squad this fall...