Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Hartford was effective in the first three innings, striking out 8 out of 9 men, but after Yale's first run in the fourth he began to weaken. However, he kept the hits well scattered. Sweeney, catcher, made all three hits for the Yale freshmen, one of which was for three bases...
...parties can be purified from the outside only. But when we are rid of the corruption we will be confronted with a condition of things in which the patriotism of every citizen will be tested. Each man must do his part or the strength of the independent organization will weaken and fall back into...
...this very temptation one of the best possible opportunities for the development of gentlemanly instincts? It is this temptation, together with the temptation to "quit" and to weaken in a crisis, which enables men to make modern football of educational value in their development instead of a mere sport. Men would not devote themselves for months to the arduous training and drudgery were there not a strong incentive; and they would not feel the sense of duty in maintaining the standards of the game if the incentive were not a good one. Many people complain that football absorbs more time...
...Princeton, with the chances slightly in faver of Yale. On the Harvard team are only two men who were members of the University team which last spring won the intercollegiate championship. Corbett, who was a member of the winning team last spring, is playing football, and his absence will weaken the team...
...Putnam 2G., a prominent candidate for half-back last year, joined the squad, but did not take part in the scrimmage; his reappearance as a candidate greatly increases the chances for a strong backfield. An accident, however, that has been feared for sometime and will indirectly weaken the team, occurred yesterday when Daly's leg was injured. The extent of the hurt is not yet known, but should it prove great, it will leave the eleven without a suitable substitute for the quarterback position. Graydon was again used in the line-up, but only for a short time...