Word: spite
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University football team had a ten minute scrimmage with the second eleven in the secret practice yesterday afternoon. Both teams showed good team play, and put lots of life in the work in spite of the rain and wet field. The forward pass was used successfully by both teams. Browne, Corbett and Hoar were on the field but did not play in the scrimmage...
...without him and showed an ability to forget their handicap, which was capital. There was a splendid aggressiveness and determination evident, culminating in the rush which scored the touchdown, and which moreover was the best executed attack seen on Soldiers Field by a Harvard team in several years. In spite of certain failings, some of which were marked, there was an admirable quality in the way they went about their work and that is the secret of good teams. Moreover it signifies the way they will accept the handicap in the coming two weeks, and gives one confidence that...
...spite of the fact that the class of 1909 has never won the class football championship, and although this is the last chance to do so, there does not seem to be enough interest among the men in the class to come out in sufficient numbers to make up even two teams. Furthermore, many of those who have come out do not report regularly for practice, which makes it almost impossible to accomplish any results in developing a team...
...drizzle was most unpleasant to play in and affected Niles's playing especially, as it bothered his eyesight considerably and made his strokes inaccurate. In spite of this he outplayed Pearson, who frequently missed his volleys and drove many easy shots out of bounds. Pearson's serve was strong, however, and he made several remarkable returns from well-placed shots by Niles. The latter excelled in backhand play and was generally able to pass his opponent who ran up on his own serve continuously...
...final round of doubles for the University tennis championship was played off yesterday afternoon on Jarvis Field. The weather was very unfavorable for tennis, but in spite of this the spectators were afforded one of the most exciting and closest exhibitions of play seen in the tournament. When Dabney and Gardner tied the score by winning the third and fourth sets, the supposition that Dana and Niles would have a comparatively easy victory was dispelled...