Word: superiorities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University basketball team defeated the team of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology yesterday afternoon in the Gymnasium by the score of 20 to 14. In the first half Technology's team play was fast and brilliant, and their rushes and long passing were superior to that of the University team, which played aggressively and failed to cover its opponents properly...
...judges based their unanimous conclusion on the belief that the speakers of the negative were not only superior in form but presented and maintained a positive line of argument which could not be opposed...
...practice of the team yesterday afternoon was the fastest and most aggressive of the season, but there was, as usual, little consistent team work on the part of the first team forwards. They were repeatedly stopped by the superior defense of the second team, and their shooting was very erratic. The passing on the whole was good, and there was more body checking by both teams than at any time this season. The best individual work was done by Wagstaff, who played a fast game at left center on the second team...
...basketball squads during the week has shown decided improvement both in team work and in shooting for baskets. The class squads are playing well together and indications point to a closely contested class series. Although the Seniors have more experienced players to choose from, they are only slightly superior in accuracy of play...
...from the uncertainty of footing on a slippery field. In the second half, by the hardest kind of individual work and an occasional welding together into something like effective team play the eleven made short but consistent gains. The defense, excellent throughout except in kick formations, taxed Yale's superior offensive strength to the limit till the last play of the game, and was, unexpectedly, the redeeming feature of the team's play. Against opponents of uniformly greater experience the line men played a far better game than they were believed to be capable of; and when Yale's powerful...