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...should offer his services to the captain on Monday. It is much better, however, that men who are not willing to work hard even under discouraging conditions, should not come out, for the team has no use for them. The men that are wanted are those that have pluck and perseverance, and are glad to work hard even though they may not have any chance of playing on the eleven. Such men can have the satisfaction of feeling that they have helped and helped materially to turn out a first class team...
...determination of the Harvard men to win the game, if possible, was evident as soon as the game began. Although the score was always against them, they played with great spirit and pluck, never once stopping. The way in which the ball was rushed 70 yards by short rushes without being lost once, and a touchdown scored, was as good a piece of football work as any Harvard team has ever done...
There is just one thing that will win the game for Harvard today and that is the most essential quality of a good team,- pluck. The critics who make it a business to weigh scores against scores, and to forecast results by shrewd comparisons, may fight the battle out beforehand and give the victory to one team or the other. But every true Harvard man will cast such considerations aside today. The past will play no part in the game with Pennsylvania. The team will go on to the field with a definite task,- to win, and that not because...
...Jaffray '99, substitute right guard, is a graduate of Westminster School, New York, where he played for two years in the line. He is young and somewhat green, but has pluck and is a ready learner. He is strongest on defensive play. Age 18, height 6 ft. 3 in., weight...
...Jaffray '99, right guard, is a graduate of Westminster School, New York, where he played for two years in the line. He is young and somewhat green, but has pluck and is a ready learner. He is strongest on defensive play. Age 18, height 6 ft. 3 in., weight...