Word: luck
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Forbes kicked to McLeod who was stopped before he ran three yards. Carpenter caught a kick from Crane and ran ten yards. White made five yards through the rush line, but Forbes after finding a hole lost the ball. Ninety gained nothing and kicked, Forbes securing the ball by luck, and in the next play Carpenter ran around the end gaining a few yards. White tried to run around Tyson, but after running across the field he was downed without any gain. Forbes dodged Slocum and gained five yards, but Aiken got through upon him in the next play...
...kicks. Ninety-one gained her ground by shoves and short breaks through the rush line, while '90 made quick work in running around the ends and long klcks. In the second half '90 did most of the playing, but '91 played the same plucky game, though she had hard luck...
...After the ball had stayed dangerously near Roxbury's goal for some time, Sullivan carried it the length of the field but was unable to cross the line. Both sides then kicked, but '92 soon got a goal and made the score 20-0. Roxbury had hard luck and the rest of the game was little more than touchdowns and unsuccessful tries for goals by '92. Time was called after '92 had won three more touchdowns making the score 32-0. Following is the make-up of the teams: Ninety-two-Rushers: McDonald, Rantoul, Steedman, Pinkham (centre), Thomas, Draper, Cheney...
...fatal weaknesses of the college in an athletic way is our proneness to one-man dependence, or as the Advocate terms it, "the star system." A result of this is that we are easily discouraged; let anything happen to our star and we become despondent and down on our luck, lose half our energy for work, and are of course beaten. What we want is "a little more pluck and persistency," and a great deal more work...
...turned out in large numbers and under an efficient leader cheered well, doing much toward winning the game. The effect of the enthusiasm was plainly shown by the way in which the nine worked during the eighth inning. Harvard won the game more by a streak of good luck than anything else. The two errors made by Princeton in the seventh cost them the game. Harvard's batting was very poor. Only 3 for 4 does not appear well when placed beside 6 for 8. Dean and Henshaw deserve especial mention, and Willard's coaching was good. The out field...