Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Princeton, 6 to 3. Yale barely defeated Princeton last week in a very close game, by the score of 1 to 0. Two days after winning from Princeton, Dartmouth was beaten by Columbia in a slow game, 3 to 2. As the University team defeated Columbia, the advantage would seem to lie with the home team, but the recent necessary changes in the line-up may prove somewhat of a handicap. The outcome of this evening's game will go far toward determining the strength of the Harvard team against Yale...
...University has shown much improvement during the past few weeks, especially in following back to aid the defence. All the positions on the team seem to be pretty definitely settled with the exception of left end. Leslie and Pierce have both been tried there and seem to be about equal...
Huntington and Foster of the defence have improved in getting the puck out of the corners, but still fail to play consistently together, and seem unable to body check as well as they should at this season...
...games against Canadian teams has learned much hockey. Hornblower and Duncan in the centre positions are the fastest players on the team and work well together, while Seamans, who lacked experience, has improved rapidly at right end. Leslie and Pierce are struggling for left end and seem to be about equal. The defence is very strong and Houston, Blackall and Gardner make three good substitutes...
...rhinos, once stopping a charging elephant only ten feet off. Buffaloes, also, were very dangerous. Lion hunting, though Colby said, is the finest sport of all, for the hunter is pitted against another trained hunter who knows much more about it than he does. Lions are crafty, and often seem cowardly, for they know that their charge is dangerous only within 40 yards. Once started, however, nothing but instant death can stop them...