Word: superiorities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Sophomores will play the Freshmen on Soldiers Field this afternoon in the second game of the interclass football series. The Freshman have an advantage of ten pounds in average weight, per man, but this is offset by the superior team work of the Sophomores, so that the game should be a close...
...fierce competition of today, said Mr. Fletcher, when the smallest advantage is effective, superior personal efficiency is a power for success. This efficiency may be gained by economy of nutrition. The primitive man ate only when he was hungry, and he chewed his food thoroughly, because nature made it hard. The man of today eats when he is not really hungry, and because much of his food is liquid or soft, he does not chew it enough...
...work of the Freshman team was fairly encouraging considering the short time the men have been playing together. The defeat was due rather to poor team play than to lack of individual effort. Although the Freshman line was heavier than that of its opponents, Groton, owing to superior speed and team play was able to gain fairly consistently, especially during the first half. The Freshman backs were given little assistance while carrying the ball, and in addition made several costly fumbles. Groton's touchdown, which was made in the first few minutes of play, resulted from Bacon's recovering...
...HAVEN, CONN., October 4.--Yale defeated Wesleyan this afternoon in football by a score of 27 to 0. The work of both teams was ragged in the first half, and as a result of frequent fumbles Yale only scored once. In the second half Yale's superior weight began to tell and with good team work four touchdowns were made in ten minutes. Long runs by Stevenson, Jones and Bigelow were features of the game. Captain Shevlin did not play on account of poor physical condition...
...elected by popular vote." The Junior speakers, who supported the affirmative, were J. W. Plaisted, A. N. Holcombe and A. Harley. The Sophomore team was composed of W. H. Keeling, S. F. Peavey and M. C. Leckner. Both teams used too many quotations, but the Juniors were slightly superior in general delivery and fluency. S. F. Peavey was unanimously awarded the Pasteur Medal...