Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...victory of Saturday has awakened the spirit of Harvard which has lain in a lethargic state so long. Instead of periodical grunts and growling about the eleven, words of hope and encouragement are now heard. Men no longer say that Yale will win simply because she is Yale, but declare that she must show superior strength and science to do so. This, as a sign of the times, is most encouraging. Disgruntled criticism has done much evil here in the past. It has been caused by defeats to a great extent, but it has reacted upon the players...
Second, the men after the accident to Captain Holden arose to the emergency. They played to win. Those who had been sluggish before became marvellously active, and every man appreciated thoroughly the fact that if he relaxed one muscle, the work of the past weeks would be rendered futile. To this comprehension, the cool playing and admirable judgement of Mr. Harding afforded the requisite stamina for a victory, and the college class join unanimously in one expression of approbation for him and the men who obeyed his orders with all their mind and bodily strength...
...captain in so early a stage of the game, the team held together very well under Harding. The men must not be too much elated over this game, however, for Yale has a heavier rush line than Princeton and only hard work and strict attention to the game will win for us the championship...
...been a very noticeable feature in connection with Yale's part in the annual Yale-Harvard boat-race, that whenever Yale has failed to commence training before Christmas. Yale has failed to win in June...
...certain defeat. There are several weak spots in it now, but good coaching ought to remedy these within the next nine days. Most of the men in the rush line are really phenomenal players, but still they cannot play the whole game any more than a crack battery can win a championship for a poor base ball nine. Pratt and Wallace are to be the end rushers. The former was substitute in the '87 crew, and the latter has made a great reputation during the last two seasons by demonstrating that he could hold his own against...