Word: stand
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...loss of these points to Harvard gives the victory in the meet to Yale and the scores of the leading colleges now stand: Yale, 33; Harvard, 29; Princeton, 27. This credits Yale with five victories on the cup and leaves Harvard and Pennsylvania tied with four each. As the ownership of the trophy is to be decided by the track meet next spring, if either Harvard or Pennsylvania wins the award will be a tie. The way Schick's disqualification has changed the score is as follows: In the 100 yards dash, Moulton (Y.) moves from fourth to third place...
...punt. The ball was then blocked and secured by Harvard. An eight yard loss by Foster on a tumble, however, caused Stillman to kick. Bailey caught the ball on Maine's ten yard line. The ball was advanced twenty yards by short gains before Harvard again made a stand. Brilliant tackles by Bowditch, Foster and Stillman resulted in an aggregate loss of sixteen yards, and a fumble by Parker gave the ball to Harvard on Maine's twenty yard line. Foster went through tackle for four yards, a few moments later added six yards more, and after a similar gain...
...punts which followed Bowdoin's kick-off, Leatherbee secured the ball for Harvard on a fumble on Bowdoin's 38-yard line. From there, by means of end runs and tandem plays through tackle, the ball was carried to the three-yard line. Here Bowdoin made a magnificent stand. Two attempts to pierce the left side of the line were unsuccessful, and on the fourth down Leatherbee tried to circle left end. He failed to gain, however, and the ball was given to Bowdoin. Marshall received Munro's punt at the thirty-yard line and again by straight rushes...
...through tackle was soon forced over the line for a touchdown. Marshall missed the goal. After the next kick-off, Harvard made short gains to the centre of the goal. After the next kick-off, Harvard made short gains to the centre of the field, where Williams made a stand. Leatherbee punted to quarterback Williams, who fumbled and Meier fell on the ball on the twenty-five yard line. Again line plunges brought the ball to the two yard line and Meier carried it over. This time Marshall kicked the goal...
...yank the oars through the water instead of sweeping them through with a long, steady pull. These faults, however, are fast becoming eradicated by coaching, and today the crew is rowing more smoothly and with more power. The crew is a strong, hard-working eight, well able to stand the strain of a four-mile race, and in the recent time rows has usually rowed the last two miles in better form and in faster time than the first half of the course...