Word: worth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...while the way he crept out of the very bottom of a wedge was a mystery to every one. Later when Harvard was weakened by the loss of both Emmons and Upton, he was quick to seize his opportunity and made the run which virtually won the game. Butter-worth's punting was long and sure, while the Yale ends were always on hand when the ball was caught, though what they did afterward has already been alluded to. Taking Yale's team as a whole, it showed a strongly developed defensive game, marred only by frequent fumblings. Their interference...
...legged rushers threw themselves at him with all their might, and just as he caught the ball he was hurled to the ground with irresistable force. It was evident that the Yale men had decided that the chances of disabling him or forcing him to drop the ball were worth the 5 yards which they were sure to lose by this play...
...there has been an impression running about - an impression caused by utter ignorance of the team's playing - that Harvard's eleven was a poor one and not worth the confidence of the college, that feeling was effectually crushed by yesterday's enthusiastic send off. No one who saw that crowd or heard that cheering could have any question about the confidence the men felt in their team. They cheered as if they trusted the men they were cheering; there was no half-heartedness about...
...Edwin Ginn of New York has presented the Vassar library with $200 worth of books...
...obtained in the college. We have referred before to the various improvements and additions that have been made this fall-chiefly those in the Fay House, and in the increase of courses in the departments-but there remain certain other points in Mr. Gilman report which are worth mention. In the first place it is to be noted that student game this year from one hundred and thirteen institutions as against seventy seven last last year; a fact which shows how strongly the advantages of the Annex are appealing to graduates of other seminaries and colleges. Mr. Gilman calls attention...