Word: slowness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...doubt, to the fact that their cheerers were better massed, but that alone does not explain it, for the volume of the Harvard cheer was greater than that from the opposite stand. The trouble was, I think, that our "Three long Harvards and three times three" is slow, drawling, and unenthusiastic. It typifies everything which Harvard is not, although fairly representing what our enemies think...
...cheer was never better shown than in the last few minutes of the game when time was precious and the eleven needed, if it needed anything, to be urged to quick, snappy play. Then the nervous, bubbling enthusiasm of the great south stand was throttled by those three long slow "Harvards" and nine slow "rahs," while even the band struck up "Fair Harvard" to the tune of a funeral dirge. For such occasions we want a quick, snappy yell--something inspiring and encouraging to nerve on our teams. I suggest that, before we forget the necessity of it, the class...
Yale played a slow game. The ball was again passed back to McBride 20 yards in order to secure first down on 45-yard line...
...coaches of the Yale team this year have had the difficult task of developing an eleven from a mass of raw but promising material. The early development was slow but steady, and resulted in the victory over Wisconsin. The defeat by Columbia, however, threw the team back considerably, and it was only by the most commendable persistency of the coaches and with the enthusiastic support of the college that new life has been given to the team...
...home by Massachusetts avenue, with a break at Shepard street, about half a mile from the finish. There were no hares, and the hounds were led by H. B. Clark '01, who was the first man home. The run was nearly three miles long, and the pace was very slow up to the break...