Word: pluckiest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...these games the Harvard lead was so small that a goal from the field would have sufficed to turn the tables; in two it practically took away all chance of tying the score; in the Pennsylvania game of last year it made us lose the pluckiest game I have ever seen on a football field. It is true that in the last game we were handicapped by the wind, but once over that goal line, we should have won the game, wind or no wind. I do not wish to croak, but when it is such hard work to make...
...above our normal spirit and have saved us from a disaster which would have had its effect on the good name of the University. Every man on the field yesterday must have felt that the game which Harvard put up against Pennsylvania was one of the noblest, manliest, and pluckiest things ever seen on a football field. Only one objectionable thing happened and the man at fault amply atoned for his guilt by an apology. Pennsylvania, too, is deserving of the highest praise. Her work was perfectly straightforward football and her whole attitude was honorable and sportsmanlike. The cheering...