Word: watchful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...great ignorance of some of the points which should have been learned at the beginning of the year. The centre men break through fairly well but do not know what to do. In defence they not only fail to have a firm position, but do not even watch their opponents. With such men as Hickok and McCrea against them, the centre men have a tremendous amount to accomplish, to make a respectable showing...
...very advantageous and successful, the men themselves have worked with the greatest assiduity and earnestness, and the result can give us a very different feeling, a feeling of encouragement and even confidence for tomorrow. It is unfortunate, in some particulars, that the college has not been able to watch the eleven in its secret practice or to know definitely from time to time how much improvement it has made. It is sufficient to say that those who have watched and worked with the eleven have seen this improvement and that it gives a very different aspect to our prospects...
...outcome of the matter will be interesting to watch for important result will come, whatever way the Yale-Prince-ton game is decided
...Saturday for the first time in five years, Exeter defeated Andover in the annual football game. The frequent scoring of both teams made the game a very interesting one to watch, although at no time did Exeter lose the lead. The playing of both teams was especially good, but Exeter showed throughout greater steadiness and better team work, Andover depending, largely for her gains on brilliant individual rushes. In point of weight, too, Andover was clearly overmatched. They found the V which Exeter formed by taking back her ends and tackles almost irresistible. Twombly, Exeter's centre, was much...
...greater objection, is the impossibility of procuring a judge competent in all cases to judge fairly. He has too many men and styles to watch. One judge, on first seeing a man walk may disqualify him for a gait that another judge has come to consider as fair. R. S. Hale is an example of this, he being taken off the track in the intercollegiate games, yet allowed to walk in the Yale-Harvard games...