Word: played
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...seems to me that this whole system which has borne such bad fruits this year is wrong. A man who plays in a game ought to have tickets enough for the people whom he wishes to have come to see him play. But surely this is all. Harvard undergraduate organizations are not commercial in spirit, nor are they like those in a political ward. The men who deserve favors at the hands of the College are those who would be the last to demand them, especially if they knew them to be granted at the cost of most...
...Freshman football team defeated Groton yesterday at Groton by the score of seventeen to nothing. Derby and Stillman each scored in the first half, and then Stillman, with thirty seconds to play in the second half, ran seventy yards for a touchdown, on a fake kick. Groton was severely handicapped by an injury to Thayer, captain and quarter-back, in the first part of the game. The Freshmen played well, especially on the defensive. Captain Baldwin was again laid up. Stillman punted higher and better than usual...
...account of misplays by Davis at critical moments. The challengers lobbed continually, but many of their balls fell too close to the net, and were easily killed by their opponents. Whitman showed great steadiness, and covered ground brilliantly. Ward placed well, but Davis was very erratic, playing brilliantly at times, and again making many nets and outs. Ward and Davis were a shade the better in team-play, but this was more than over-balanced by the greater steadiness of their opponents. Last year Whitman and Marvin beat, Ward and Davis, the challengers, in three out of four sets...
...summary of yesterday's play follows: M. D. Whitman 1L. and E. R. Marvin 1L., defenders, defeated H. Ward '00 and D. F. Davis '00, challengers...
Knowles, left halfback, is fast on his feet, but fails to gain his distance when tackled. His defensive play is uncertain and he is still drawn in too much on end plays...