Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...freshmen defeated a picked eleven yesterday afternoon, 8-0. Although the game was closely contested, it was a poor exhibition of football, misplays being frequent on both sides. There was no visible improvement in the development of the team play of the freshmen, but several of the men played well individually and showed a tendency towards remedying their defects. The tackling still continues to be the most noticeable weakness and it seems impossible for some of the players to improve in this respect. The line men played a strong offensive game and were particularly successful in stopping kicks...
Since secret practice has begun it is impossible to find out how good or how poor they are and none but the coaches have any knowledge of how the game next Saturday will result...
...college have shown them to possess the qualities of natural leadership. Unless they have the respect of the students in the sections no concerted cheering can be expected. And this is an all important point, for good cheering can be a very substantial aid in winning a game, and poor cheering, expressive as it is of a fickle disposition in a crowd, can do much damage. The cheers from the Harvard side should roll out over the field in perfectly organized unity and should thus express the sturdiness and stability of the Harvard feeling. And this suggests another point...
...society. The first efforts, he said, were directed to Sunday-school work, but when that work began to be taken up by the churches, the society entered upon much more diverse work. At present eighteen missionaries are employed. Their work consists chiefly in visiting the homes of the poor people and in distributing clothing, good reading matter and the like. The foreign element, especially the Chinese, claim a large share of attention. It is an interesting fact that bibles and other missionary supplies are sent from Hong Kong for use among the Chinese in Boston...
...says, is remarkably evident in the kicking and punting. In the east a good deal of time is devoted to these details, and consequently we find fullbacks who seldom make a bad punt or miss a goal. In the west it is different; the kicking and punting is poor-it could hardly...