Word: spiritless
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...call to mind a poorer practice than that of the University football team yesterday would be a most difficult task. Not since the start of the season has a more spiritless or unsatisfactory exhibition occurred; and in view of the close proximity of an important contest, the showing was certainly disquieting. The whole team was remarkably slow, there was practically no interference, and but for the extreme weakness of the second eleven, whose frequent fumbles thwarted any attempts at effectual offensive work on their part, defeat would have been hard to avert. As it was, in a line-up which...
...hitherto, the line was Harvard's greatest weakness, and it was not until the men began to play low that the Amherst attack could be stopped. Another reason for Harvard's wretched defense was that the team was too slow and spiritless and waited until the ball reached the line instead of trying to break through and spoil the play before it had started. In advancing the ball the backs followed their interference fairly well, but they did not turn in soon enough, and in running back or making a big arc were frequently tackled with no gain. The team...
...Yale nine has played only two games since the close of the Easter trip on April 11. On April 13 Wesleyan was defeated 5 to 0 in a slow and spiritless game. The team showed the results of the southern trip in steadiness and reliability both in the field and at the bat, but there was a lack of life and energy. The feature of the game was the pitching of Garvin, who gave Wesleyan only one hit. After a week of very unsatisfactory attempts at practice, the team defeated Amherst last Saturday by the score...
...little later Devens made the second touchdown. Soon after the next kick-off the team changed sides near the second's goal and the first team was put on the defense. The first took the ball on downs and started to rush the ball down the field. Slow and spiritless playing made the progress slow, until Devens circled left end and ran forty yards for the third touchdown...
...work of the first eleven yesterday was slow and spiritless. Sawin, Ellis, Kendall and Hallowell were in the signal practice and all of them were in good form except Ellis, who was a little slow. Captain Daly was not on the field. The first eleven played a game of twenty-five minutes with the second team, and then the Freshman team was brought in for a fifteen minute line-up with the first...