Word: seasons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game with Tufts College on the schedule of the Law School football team for today has been cancelled. The Law School team has disbanded for the season...
...spite of the natural chagrin felt by Harvard men at the unexpected result of the Yale game and the tendency to feel discouraged as to the outlook in football, nothing could be more unreasonable than to consider the season as a whole a serious set-back to Harvard athletics...
After the reaction of the Yale game, the spirit of the practice was admirable. Every man seemed to be making an extra effort and the result was that the team showed some of the hardest and fiercest football that has been seen on the field this season. Plenty of coaches were out, prominent among whom was B. G. Waters '94. Through his energetic, lively directions the men got into the plays in rare form and forced the second eleven at almost every point...
...first time this season Mills was tried behind the line at fullback. It has been thought that advantageous results might be obtained by making this change. Haughton would then play tackle on the offence, while on the defense Mills would go back to his regular position. By this plan Harvard would be practically as strong in the line on the offensive, while behind the line Mills shows all the qualifications of a hard line-bucker. There was also a reversal of positions among the substitute ends, Richardson and Bull changing places...
...reached. In this, the '97 football eleven has failed. The exact cause of the failure is immaterial. The main fact remains that the eleven did not win when the victory was almost, if not actually, in its hands. Now next Saturday will be the final game of the season, and in that game lies the chance to redeem Harvard's reputation. The team is well coached. It showed at times on Saturday that it had much more than average power. Against Pennsylvania then let the play be of the best all the time, and when the instant comes at which...