Word: staving
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...whole explanation of the defeat is to be obtained from a comparison of the two elevens as teams. As individuals, the Harvard players did all that was possible to be done to stave off the disaster, but they did not work together as did the Yale men. In their respective positions, the Harvard men left little to be desired, but they had not learned to assist one-another. When the ball was to be advanced, it was the man who carried it that did most of the work, and though there were gains, some of them of considerable length, they...