Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...backed him in November, many of them because they felt his imprisonment unjustified after the need for it was past. At large, he can do no harm that he cannot do while at Alanta. Clemency to a man who is willing to suffer for his sincere beliefs could never weaken the force of the law in the eyes of the nation at large...
...footwork of Fitts and the agility of Pallo were the features of the game, and their combination play was dazzling. Captain Tolbert used his size to very good advantage in breaking up Amherst's forward rushes. MsLeish and Chase, sent in for the second half, did not seem to weaken the team's playing. The game was well attended and enthusiastic. UNIVERSITY AMHERST. Fitts, McLeish, r.f. l.g., Palmer (captain) Pallo, l.f. r.g., Snider Tyson, Fitts, c. c., Lee, Lamberton, Stewart Feiring, Chase, r.g. l.f., Hill, Card, Wray Tolbert (captain), l.g. r.f., Seyler Hill, Tyler...
...which will make for the best team work. However, Coach-Fisher is extremely lucky to have men of such equally high calibre to choose from, and it is evident to anyone who saw the Brown game, that the substitution of any of the second string men will not materially weaken the team...
...fact that fundamentally the same play has been used successfully against Yale, Princeton, and Oregon, and that it still remains a mystery is proof of the incomplete understanding of the "Harvard system" by outsiders. According to Coach Fisher, numbering would aid experts in analyzing the plays, and would materially weaken, and possibly almost eliminate, the effectiveness of a system which has been built up here so successfully...
...results of the scrimmage were perfectly satisfactory to the coaches. Team "B" showed so much snap, and carried their plays through so perfectly that it is evident that if any of these men are put in the game Saturday, their substitution will not materially weaken the team. At any event, they will go into the contest with a thorough knowledge of the plays and a fighting spirit that will be as good as that of team...