Word: play
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University team meets Yale in a branch of sport which for some reason for other is regarded with less interest at Harvard than at almost any other university. The miserable facilities of the Hemenway Gymnasium account in part for this feeling, for they tend to prevent many men from playing basketball; but even so it is hard to understand why there are only 20 candidates for the team out of about 1450 men eligible to play. With such a small squad to begin with, and with a schedule shorter than most of the other teams have, it is no wonder...
...first of the two annual basketball games between Harvard and Yale will be played at 8 o'clock this evening in the Hemenway Gymnasium. Admission tickets at $1 each are on sale today at Leavitt and Peirce's and will be sold at the door this evening. A change has been made in the order of the University team as a result of the Brown game last week, by which Wellman and Miller will play the forward positions instead of Currie and Webber. Yale will present the same team that has been used in the last few games. The line...
...game was close from the start and the lead alternated frequently. During the first half there was little team-play by either side, but as the game progressed the play became faster and the shooting and passing of the Freshmen more accurate. The Brown men were inclined to resort to long shots...
...first, but toward the close of the first half two goals from the floor by Dunn put Brown ahead, 10 to 8. After a score by Brown in the early part of the second half, two goals by Rouillard and Davidson tied the score. From this point on the play was very even...
Yesterday afternoon the University basketball team had its last practice before the Yale game, which will be played in the Hemenway Gymnasium at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. The work consisted of a short game between the University and second teams, in which the former was outplayed, though no score was kept. The shooting of the University forwards was weak, and the guards were not able to keep the second team from scoring frequently. The University team will probably play against Yale in the same order as in yesterday's practice...