Word: strength
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...however, is a good maxim. Much as everyone regrets that anything should occur to bring in a disagreeable feature into Saturday's game. To one will depreciate the good points in Yale's playing. It was evident that she was much taken by surprise by Harvard's strength, but her work in the latter part of the game was very effective. She used the V and turtle-back often for short gains. The quickness with which the ball was put in play was also a pretty feature of their excellent team play, while Laurie Bliss's brilliant individual work...
...exalted very high his duty to himself. His hand was always against his neighbor if it would be to his advantage. It is not strange that such a narrow way of looking at the world should produce an exaggerated self respect. With this went a great regard for personal strength and courage. If for any reason their qualities failed he had a regard for intellectual strength. He admired trickiness and cleverness reaching almost to dishonesty; in fact the clever lawyer was the man who had a great resource of tricky devices...
When once Ninety - six saw the strength of their opponents, however, they made marked improvement in their play. Their offensive work was much stronger than the defensive. The greatest gains made by Worcester were between right guard and tackle, though they were not so marked after the freshmen were warmed up to their play...
...strength of Pennsylvania's victory over Princeton, ten graduates of the former college have subscribed $10,000 for the erection of a new athletic clubhouse...
...blockers do not keep their men out of the play, for they stop when they have run into a man, and leave the half to run alone. They also dropped the ball several times, and seemed rather green on the signals. The forwards spent altogether too much time and strength in scrapping, and a number of times let the play right through them. The guards played too high and were never down in front of the V. Once or twice Worden got through and spoiled the kick in good style. On a high kick the ends got through fairly well...