Word: though
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...permanent injuries have been received. The team plays better on the offensive than have most past Harvard teams. The defense has been unusually strong. In short it must be remembered that notwithstanding Saturday's failure, the old conditions were reversed. For the first time in years Yale's team, though a strong one, was thrown upon the defensive and was decidedly pleased with its success in avoiding defeat. There is no excuse to offer for the failure to win, but there is much satisfaction to be derived from the real strength displayed. The machine which turned out this year...
Saturday's football game with Yale will go down into athletic history as a wasted opportunity. It is idle to go into particulars. Harvard clearly demonstrated her superiority in the first half, by holding her own against Yale in spite of the wind. In the second half, though the wind was in her favor, she could do little better, and lost the ball on Yale's four-yard line. The real game was played at that moment and Yale won, for her policy was one of defense and in that she succeeded. The team and the College have then little...
...conditions into account the race was most satisfactory. A very noticeable feature was the great interest shown by the students, several hundred of whom viewed the race from the lake excursion craft. The only other rowing event this fall was the single scull race for the Francis medal, which, though there were only three starters, was still a pretty contest and undoubtedly will do much toward making single sculling more popular here...
...team undoubtedly had underestimated Yale's defensive strength, and it is also probable that Yale considered Harvard's defensive stronger than it was. It was just this one factor that prevented Harvard from scoring. Taken by surprise on both sides, Yale showed characteristic pluck and determination, while Harvard, even though stronger than their opponents could not assume that reckless bearing and fierce determination which gains ground against a formidable opponent...
Although it was though that ample accommodations had been made by the management, in the seating capacity of the stands, the 24,000 seats have been disposed of in a manner unprecedented for a game played on home grounds, and today there is hardly a seat on sale...