Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...team as a whole, has good fighting qualities and should be up to the average of former Yale teams. Whether the experience of the Princeton game offset by its physical strain, will mean the complete rounding out of this team remains to be seen by the work of the players in today's game. Whether Yale wins or loses, she is certain that no team has tried harder than this team, to learn the game and play it as the Yale coaches believe it should be played. It is this fact which has caused the coaches to have confidence...
...where following the ball won the game, for in the whole four periods Princeton failed to make a single first down and gained only 40 yards by rushing. Yale showed a fairly well developed offence considering the terrible condition of the field, but its gains in this way were offset by Howe's and Camp's fumbling of kicks. Four times in the last period De Witt's kicks were dropped by the Yale backfield, and fallen on by White, thus giving Princeton, who was slowly being driven back, a new lease of life...
...last half-mile was started the wash from a passing steamer broke up the swing for several strokes. The beat was then gradually quickened, reaching 36 at the finish. The wind and tide were following the crew, but the water in the last mile was so rough as to offset much of the advantage, so the showing made was very creditable...
...course and link the substance of the course with actual existing conditions. Also, if these men were to uphold the side of a discussion other than that of the instructor, a much greater opportunity would be offered students for forming individual opinion. There would then be an offset to the present natural tendency of the student to bow to the superior judgment of the lecturer and, without attempting any thinking of his own, to become a mere memory machine...
...Boston Hockey Club defeated the Cliffside team of Ottawa at the Boston Arena on Saturday, by the score of 4 to 3. The game was hard-fought and exciting with the outcome in doubt until the end. The Canadians were faster skaters, but this advantage was offset by the superior team-play of the Hockey Club. For the Cliffsides McKinley, at goal, did the best work, while Sortwell and Hicks excelled for the Hockey Club...