Word: team
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...training on the part of those who intend to enter. The "Relay Race" is especially attractive, and we hope to see our six best runners on the track. The distance - thirty miles - is indeed rather long, but for this reason it will be all the more satisfaction for the team that is lucky enough to win it. We would suggest that the Harvard Athletic Association should offer some similar open event at its Spring meeting...
...Freshmen gave the Yale Freshman football team a dinner at Parker's last Saturday evening...
...Captain of the University Football Team has received a letter from a graduate in New York, in which the writer calls attention to the great interest manifested there in the game, and laments that Harvard has not yet been able to take the lead. He is disappointed that the interest here is insufficient, and that our men show too little desire by hard training to ensure their success. He closes by expressing the hope that next year a marked improvement may be shown in this respect; and that, by beginning early and working hard, Harvard may justly claim the victory...
...either side is safe to acknowledge, but that there would be more chance for skilful playing is extremely doubtful. Skill in dodging would scarcely be of use at all, for if a man once got the ball it would be far easier for him to get through the opposing team than at present; and there would be no use for a light, agile player, as, on account of the small team, it would be absolutely necessary to pick men for their ability to stop a rusher. A slip on a muddy spot at a critical moment, or a thousand other...
...play of Princeton was characterized by fine passing to the half-backs, and by a general discipline prevailing throughout the team, which made their playing more effective than ours. The utmost good-feeling was displayed on either side, - an agreeable contrast to the treatment experienced by our team at New Haven. The teams were as follows...