Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...varsity; or Bouve may be persuaded to come out. Thayer has been playing right tackle, but Adams is pushing him hard for the place. Both play hard and it will be difficult to choose between them. Thayer is a little the quicker. Hurley at right end is heavier and stronger than Flershem, but both play a good, hard game. The chances seem to be in favor of Hurley, though Flershem has been playing longer, and works better with the team. At quarter Valentine has fallen off in his work, but he still holds his own against Flint, his nearest rival...
Harvard's line proved to be much stronger than the West Pointers expected, and it was a difficult matter for the cadets to make even a yard or two through here. Of the new men, Jaffray, at right guard, showed up well. The West Point backs gave up trying to get through him after one or two attacks. Donald, at right tackle, was another good...
...Knipe to return to the team. With Brooke as fullback, Knipe and Gelbert as halves, Williams as quarter, Bull as centre, Wharton and Woodruff as guards, Wagenhurst and Farrar or Minds as tackles, and Boyle, Minds or Hodges as ends, University of Pennsylvania would have even a stronger team than last year...
...university expects to be represented by a champion eleven this season, a stronger second eleven must be placed on the field. "You cannot make bricks without straw" holds good in football...
...Unless a stronger second eleven is put forward, the hope of bringing forth a winning team might as well be abandoned...