Word: success
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...assembled in San Francisco on August 19, 20 and 21 at the nineteenth annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs. Owing to the industrious efforts of the committee in charge, headed by W.Thomas'73, and to the hospitality of all Harvard men in San Francisco, the meeting was great success...
...with Wray's showing against Yale. Close followers of rowing, however, have been dissatisfied with the University's showing against other colleges, notably Cornell, where only two victories in eleven races have been secured, and have long felt that a change was necessary, hesitating only because of Harvard's success against Yale. The shift is not, therefore, the whim of a moment but the culmination of a growing dissatisfaction as indicated by its endorsement by the captains of the last nine crews...
Yesterday's victory over Yale added another to the hard-won major sport championships to the University's credit. The year has been one of early reverses uphill fighting, and final triumph in more than one branch of athletics. The overwhelming success of the football team last fall after unparalleled accidents testified to an indomitable fighting spirit. The track team retrieved a close defeat by Cornell by winning from Yale. And now Coach Haughton, taking charge in mid-season of a baseball team which had already lost its captain, has led it to triumph. With the victory from Yale...
Greatest among the causes of the nine's success is its power at the bat. At present there are four men hitting over .360, while the team as a whole has an average of .242. The pitching has been largely a one-man affair, for Mahan has borne the brunt of all the big games. However, Whitney's no-hit game against Williams has shown that he may be depended upon...
...testing of two different styles of college baseball. The marked characteristic of the Yale nine is a whirlwind attack and defense, in which the all-essential element is speed; the University's playng has been noted for conservatism--for playing the "safe" game. Yale has a team whose success has depended largely on individual play; the University nine has won its victories as a carefully coached aggregation having a thorough grounding in team-play...