Word: strength
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...slough. At the end of the game the special delegates from the mathematical department declared the score to be 8 to 7 in favor of the Lampoons. The regular game will be played next week, and then, and then only, can a true estimate be made of the real strength of the teams...
...interested and which can call out the best players in the University to represent it, should be kept and encouraged, that Harvard may send out men better equipped for life in every way. Applause and enthusiasm are always good things, but what we want are men who have the strength, spirit and energy to win without them. We do not want to praise the losers, they have our sympathy. Victory is the only thing that deserves praise, and Harvard needs victories...
...most important athletic events of the College year are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. The track team, needing one more victory to complete its claim to the nine-year cup, will try its strength against Yale, and the baseball nine meets Princeton in its first championship game. Both contests will be hard-fought, and in both a victory will mean much. Show the teams that we are behind them, therefore, by a record-breaking attendance at tonight's meeting. Encouragement will help and we must all do our share...
When Harvard defeated Dartmouth in the track meet last Saturday by only 19 points, while Yale showed unexpected strength in overwhelming Princeton, the daily press leaped into print with prophesies of an easy victory for Yale at the dual meet next Saturday. It was shown how, on paper, Yale already has possession of that nine-year...
...matter of fact no one will know who is to have the honor of claiming the coveted trophy until the last event has been run off next Saturday afternoon. Yale has shown unexpected strength, but it does not follow that the performance can be repeated. Harvard's team is in excellent condition, and not a man is going into the meet who is not determined to make the fight of his life. By accurate computation the result is bound to be close and the slightest mishap may swing the victory...