Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Governor Roosevelt '80 spoke informally at New Haven last night on the duties of civic life, taking as his text the Yale spirit of grit and persistence as seen in the football game on Saturday. When the speech was finished, Captain McBride and each member of the team was called up before the meeting to be cheered, amid the wildest enthusiasm seen at Yale in years...
...line, but on the ninth, when weakened by his exertions, he could not make the requisite two yards. He was much more effective in backing up the centre than ever before. Early in the second half he was replaced by Reid, who punted well, and by his own determined spirit enabled the team to make that last brace that almost won the game. Parker took Sawin's place late in the game but did nothing remarkable...
...loyal spirit that shall live for evermore...
...coaches should have special seats for themselves and their immediate families, but the privilege should extend no further. It is an abuse to treat their friends among graduates and undergraduates as a privileged class, yet their friends put very great pressure upon them for special seats. The whole spirit of good sport rests upon equal opportunities to all, both in playing the game and seeing it. Certainly, any system is a viscious one which deprives the undergraduates of their legitimate right to see the games under the most favorable conditions...
Dartmouth was fully as weak as was expected. The general work of Proctor, especially his punting, was the feature of the playing of the team. Boyle's work under kicks was good and especially so in the second half. At times the Dartmouth backs would show the spirit in line bucking that made them so much feared two years ago. On the defense, however, the centre of the line was weak...