Word: stadium
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Automobiles may enter the parking space back of the Stadium by an entrance on North Harvard street near Stadium street, and by an entrance from the Brighton Speedway...
...appearance of the strong Virginia eleven in the Stadium marked the beginning of mid-season football, both in the importance of games and in the form shown by Harvard. The line showed great improvement, and although the University was unable to push the ball over for a touchdown, Mahan's clever drop-kicking sufficed to defeat the Southerners by a 9 to 0 score. The Virginia men are to be remembered for their exceptionally sportsmanlike spirit, and it is hoped that their appearance on the Harvard schedule will become a fixture...
...Cornell the University team met a tartar, the first encountered in the Stadium since 1911. An off-day for Captain Mahan, in itself a noteworthy epoch, coupled with the uncanny alertness of the Ithacans, was enough to give Cornell the 10 to 0 victory. A fumble at the very start, when the University men had not yet become accustomed to their opponents' style of play, gave Cornell the opportunity, and a short series of impressive smashes through a surprised Crim- son line gave the visitors a lead to which Shiverick later added with a pretty drop-kick. More fumbling...
Penn. State, with a team hailed as the best ever, and with a record of having tied last year's championship eleven, next came to Cambridge and after the test at the Stadium went back to Pennsylvania with a 13 to 0 defeat. Although the Harvard line was inferior, and the interference still noticeably weak, Captain Mahan's brilliant play and Parson's keen following of the ball gave the University two touchdowns, which proved decisive. In this game there appeared for the first time an embryonic power in the University's attack, ragged but great, for the second score...
Taking a page from this year's history of football, the University team got an early jump in the next contest and in the Palmer Stadium defeated the strong Tiger eleven 10 to 6. All the points of play which had hitherto been weaknesses were in this game turned to assets, for the early jump and the alertness for the ball were great factors in the proving of the Crimson's superiority. Each team showed a brilliant offense, but Harvard's stronger defense gave the team an advantage which forced Princeton's captain quarterback to turn to Tibbott's drop...