Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Fincke has not improved as he should and will have to yield to Manning. He is very speedy and occasionally tackles and catches well, but he does not get into the plays; his interference is poor and he can not seem to get any distance into his kicks in match games...
...Harvard standpoint, although the playing was by no means as good as it will have to be if the team wishes to win from Yale. In yesterday's game the individual work of every man on the team was excellent and the team play was very good. The interference seemed weaker than in any of the games which the team has played recently. The fact that Yale defeated almost precisely the same team by a score of only 23 to 0 makes Harvard's prospects seem brighter still...
Outside of Boston the newspapers of the country seem to be on the alert for an opportunity to run down anything or anybody that has to do with Harvard. The New York papers went a little too far, however, in some of the things they said about Captain Emmons, on Sunday. The harsh criticisms were wholly uncalled...
...rain. There were not enough men to form two elevens, so that not much could be done except practicing the signals and improving the team play. One eleven was formed and the sixteen or eighteen men who were out took turns at playing. The men did not seem able to form any sort of interference, except when playing with the ends or tackles back of the line. The eleven as a whole did not follow the ball, leaving that part of the work almost entirely to the backs. Several times the men practiced forming to receive a kick...
...recount to some outsider the attractions which are offered outside of the regular curriculum. Probably there are few things which he can say that make more of an impression than that the Boston Symphony Orchestra gives a regular series of concerts in the University theatre. Strange as it may seem, however, the concerts have not been generally well attended by the students. We look forward to the time when they will be more fully appreciated...