Word: runner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University line and in the few instances that she had possession of the ball was invariably forced to punt. In advancing the ball the Harvard line-men sometimes showed a tendency to let their opponents through too soon, but nevertheless succeeded in giving considerable aid to the runner and were in large measure accountable for the high average of the gains...
...practice yesterday was unsatisfactory and in view of the excellent work in the Williams game discouragingly retrograde. The interference was wretched and the playing of the entire eleven very loose. The runner was given so little protection that he was frequently thrown for a loss. The second eleven, also, once succeeded in blocking a kick. In defensive work, the team played much better, but still left much to be desired. Throughout the practice there was too much individual play and little or no team-work. Life and spirit almost entirely lacking...
...tournament is open to members of all schools in New England. A cup will be give to the winner of the championship, and medals to the runner-up and to the competitor making the lowest score in the qualifying round...
...grounds of the Longwood Cricket Club, Boston. The championship was held last year by B.C. Wright ex-'03, who will be called upon to defend his title to the challenge cup against the winner of the tournament. Prizes will be awarded the winner of the tournament and the runner...
...figure of the sprinter represents a runner in position for the starting signal, and is an exact mathematical reduction of the average obtained by measuring about one hundred of the best college sprinters of recent years, including Dufly and Wefers of Georgetown, Long of Columbia, Moulton of Yale, and Bigelow, Haigh and Schick of Harvard. The measurements were supplied by Dr. Paul C. Phillips of Amherst...