Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great disappointment. The Faithful work of the eleven had led us to expect a victory and the beginning of a new era in Harvard athletics. During the first half and part of the second half our team played a wonderful game and victory seemed almost certain. The superior endurance of the Princeton team then began to count and during the last half hour the game was too one-sided to be interesting. The cause of the defeat was quite evident. Our men had not been trained to play a hard game for an hour and a half and the tremendous...
...easily, and failed to hold well in the rushline. There was repeated confusion from a misunderstanding of the signals by the rushline, and the backs frequently went in direct opposition to their signals. Both sides played largely a kicking game, and in punting Hall, Wesleyan's fullback, was superior to Trafford. In Harvard's rushline Crosby played a very vigorous game, making some superb tackles, and following the ball well, but blocking poorly. On the other end McDonald several times got around Hutchinson. The three centre men broke through well, but at times failed to block hard. Dean at quarter...
...remained in the state in which Mr. Cook found it in 1872. The progressive spirit of this century has shown itself in the science of rowing, and while Americans are ahead in the science of rigging, Englishmen are probably ahead in the science of rowing, on account of their superior leg work. In 1885 Mr. Storrow paid a good deal of attention ts leg work with excellent results; since then Yale has improved her leg-work but not at the expense of other important principles...
...braced up, and by good Lawford strokes won the next four games. The score now stood 5-4 in Lee's favor. The next game and the set and match then went to Lee. Jennings defeated Manchester in the second round, 6-4, 6-2, Jennings' steady playing proving superior to Manchester's brilliant, but erratic game...
...piece of news from this department is the generous gift of $50,000, by Miss C. W. Bruce, of New York, for a photographic telescope. The instrument will be made with a double lens, a new form not yet adopted by European astronomers, but considered by Professor Pickering far superior to single lens telescopes. It will have an aperture of twenty-four inches. Its focal length will be short, and consequently it will include a large area of the sky at once, and will also obtain images of very faint stars and nebulae. With this telescope, Professor Pickering expects...