Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will be seen that Harvard has not yet lost a game to the Canadians, though the scores have been frequently close and twice tied. Probably the chief reason for this is that success in the Canadian game lies more with weight and muscle than with skill, while it has been the aim of Harvard to combine the three. In doing this her style of play was continually changing, while the Canadians never modified their game; so to defeat one was to defeat them all. Foot-ball men personally will regret giving up the famous trip to Canada and the hearty...
...These remarks in regard to the boating men are almost equally true of the ball players. The game has been reduced to a science, and only one who possesses the necessary skill and experience can hope to belong to the nine. ** The game, therefore, is limited to a class of experts, and only those who are members of the nine get the benefit of systematic training...
...Boston Journal thinks Harvard's university crew for this year will be somewhat weaker than last, but that superior skill may balance the loss of strength...
...side from doing anything. Success in a game depends, too often, not on particularly good play on the part of the winners, but on some particular error or succession of errors on the part of the losers. Base-ball is frequently as much a game of chance as of skill. Some change will have to be made before long in the method of play, and it will probably be inaugurated by the colleges as the leaders in amateur athletics. The first step toward such a change will be to dipitcher. The new rule adopted by the minish the undue importance...
...mile eight-oared races; that in 1879 Yale met with the worst defeat ever known in the history of rowing. As Yale crews have always been superior to Harvard crews in weight, and sometimes in strength, the above record goes to show the superiority of Harvard's management and skill...