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...Harvard's points were made within five minutes time and the sight of a team, with almost inevitable defeat staring them in the face, making a touch-down against an eleven flushed with victory and straining every effort to keep them from scoring, was an exhibition of dogged pluck and undismaved determination which was worth travelling miles to see and of which every Yale man may feel justly proud...
...reach by spending the necessary time; they will now begin on work which only picked men can master. Mr. Alexander will insist on men rowing with their heads. It has been said that in rowing men the essentials for success are in the proportion of brains 75 per cent., pluck, 20 per cent, and strength 5 per cent. Freshmen seldom appreciate this fact. They would be surprised to find how many small and comparatively weak men have rowed on university crews...
...amidst a tremendous greeting by series of cheers. About half-past nine Mr. Dexter, '90, who presided at the dinner arose and briefly introduced Mr. Rand '88, as toastmaster of the occasion. Mr. Rand made a few remarks on the work of the eleven, praising in high terms the pluck and skill of the team but especially of the untiring efforts of their captain. Mr. Cumnock responded in a brief expression of thanks for the support he had received in his work and looked forward to success next year. Mr. Rand then introduced the Hon. William E. Russell...
...brilliant individual play must first be eliminated; they must realize that eleven men working together can accomplish more than one. At Yale, the writer says, no favoritism is ever allowed in the selection of men. The men who are sought after are those who show activity, endurance and pluck, brute strength being regarded as inferior to these qualities. The men are trained easily for a week so that they become thoroughly hardened before hard play begins. The captain watches carefully the peculiarities of each man and places him in a position accordingly. The share of work is as fairly divided...
...Advocate terms it, "the star system." A result of this is that we are easily discouraged; let anything happen to our star and we become despondent and down on our luck, lose half our energy for work, and are of course beaten. What we want is "a little more pluck and persistency," and a great deal more work...