Word: sureness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...showed an increase, though Yale had been unsuccessful in athletics the year before; and decreases in the entering classes in 1876, 1881, and 1895 followed successful seasons in athletics. In the period from 1885 to 1894, when Yale teams and crews were winning pretty steadily, there was, to be sure, a considerable and almost continuous increase in the entering classes; but there was a like increase during the same period at Harvard, and we certainly at that time were not distinguishing ourselves in athletics. The experience at Yale therefore falls in exactly with that at Harvard to disprove any relation...
...order to gain the victory. It is by no means the same team that met defeat at the hands of Princeton. Changes have been made which have strengthened the playing combination, and today the Dartmouth team is a powerful, aggressive, and fast machine, capable of varying its attack and sure to profit by any mistakes of its opponents...
...Plays that have been perfected in secret practice are reserved until the final game. Thus a team which must hold itself in reserve meets a strong eleven that will use every resource to win. However, we have great confidence in the ability and strength of our team and feel sure it will play brilliantly and with that fighting spirit that generally brings victory. We congratulate the Dartmouth men on the splendid eleven they are bringing to face us, and our welcome to that eleven and its supporters is but the heartier for the doubt in which the outcome...
...short scrimmage in which the first team men had little difficulty in scoring. The substitutes, when sent in, did a good deal of fumbling and were consequently scored on by the seconds. Both regular and substitute ends have lately been receiving particular attention and are developing into fast and sure players...
...first two periods Brown was able to approach close enough to its opponents goal for four attempts at a score from placement. Crowther at quarterback again proved the life of the Brown team as in the game against Harvard, being not only the mainspring of the offence, but a sure tackler in the backfield...