Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With these facts as the basis of figuring tonight's contest should be a toss-up. Both teams are in good condition, bot are confident of winning, and the advantages of one combination are just about evently offset by the advantages of the other...
...with Worcester Tech Saturday night, when the new combination which sent Gordon to a guard berth and put in Pallo at forward, was tried out for the first half while the present line-up was used in the second, it was found that the increased scoring strength did not offset the great weakening of the defensive power, for the Engineer quintet scored almost at will during the opening period...
...these R. W. Fitts '23 alternated at night forward and center on last year's quintet, W. V. Miller '23 was a substitute back who received his letter, while Lewis Gordon '24, the third man to turn out, was the captain of last season's crack Yearling five. To offset these additions to some extent, J. M. Hartley '23, a last year's substitute forward, who came out for the first time on Tuesday, pulled a muscle during the practice game and will probably be unable to play until after the Christmas holidays...
...pass unheeded: True, they are not in a position to give final advice to the Conference on the technical questions involved. But they have an undeniable right to set the minimum which they will accept in the way of results. The possibility of their embarrassing the conferees is offset by the fact that a certain amount of such embarrassment will serve to check whatever tendency there may be to maintain the status...
Last Saturday the cheering was 'pretty good." But pretty good cheering, like poetry, can be compared to pretty good eggs. As usual female voices were mingled indiscriminately with male; and even in the heart of the Harvard side there were scattered Holy Cross rooters to offset Crimson enthusiasm. Before the game it was announced at the H. A. A. that section 88 would be reserved for students; but apparently no attention was given to this regulation...