Word: spite
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ends have covered their positions in excellent form throughout the season. Their fault is that they do not help the runners enough on the offensive. For substitute end, Richardson has been doing good work. In spite of his light weight he seems to break up or sift through interference and is always at the right spot. Bull has been showing up well as an end, tackling fiercely and running hard and well, though showing greenness and tackling too high. Graydon tackles well but is nursing an injury, and Lewis, though first-rate on following the ball, often overruns...
...HAVEN, CONN., Nov. 9.- The Yale 'varsity eleven practiced for an hour and a quarter this afternoon in a driving rain. The practice was secret for the first fifty minutes and then spectators were admitted. In spite of the bad weather conditions the men played in such a way as to encourage the numerous coaches on the field. Much attention was paid to the defensive play of the ends...
...individual players. In the game with the Carlisle Indians at New York on the twenty-third, the work showed evidences of team work and of improvement in the defensive play, which encouraged Yale men considerably. The practice during the past week has been the best of the season in spite of the temporary loss of several of the most promising candidates. The men were drilled in stopping mass plays and the number of coachers present made it possible to give more attention to individual work. Chamberlin, last year's centre, has been placed at tackle and will probably...
...Varsity fall handicap track meeting was held yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field. In spite of the heavy track and the inclemency of the weather all the events were well contested and the times very good for fall races. All the heats of the sprints were close, scarcely a foot separating the first three or four men. In the final heat of the 100 yds. dash, Bigelow running from scratch, was gaining rapidly on the leaders, and would have finished first if there had been ten yards more...
This afternoon at 3 o'clock, Harvard will meet the strong Brown eleven which played such a remarkable game against Yale last Wednesday. The 'Varsity will be made up of a large number of substitutes, as Moulton, Donald, Sawin and Warren are still in a convalescent stage. In spite of injuries Swain and Sullivan will both begin the game, although it is hardly possible that they will last through...