Word: better
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Football will be a popular game here in the future. The Rugby game is in much better favor than the somewhat sloppy game now played by our men." In this match the Harvard men experienced considerable difficulty with the spherical-shaped ball to which they were unaccustomed, but in spite of this embarrassment, combined with McGill's broader experience, Harvard managed to hold the Canadians gainless by superior tackling and general defensive work...
...good for photographers. When I was up by the soldiers' field to get some action picture he had a lot of low life freshmen throw me out of the place. But the laugh is on him because I have been thrown out of a lot of better colleges since...
...October 4, the University eleven won its second game by defeating Boston College 17-0. The game was much harder fought and better played than the Bates game. The interference, especially after kick-offs, was better than the week before when it was inclined to be ragged. There was less fumbling and better team play than had hitherto been shown. Heaphy of Boston played an excellent game at centre, while Murray, R. Horween, and Casey played brilliantly on the University side...
...partisans of party politics would carry matters so far. Little did they think that a senator of the United States would place his party before his cup. But there are whisperings abroad that those same thirst-inspiring senators have "a jug 'neath the bough" carefully stored away. What better argument than this on the evils of the American government could any self-suspecting bolshevist employ...
...powerful offense man and has accounted for a good share of our goals. Captain Tilton, halfback, and Glaser, fullback, are in the game every minute and are constantly breaking up their opponents' plays. But the other men are good, too; they all are getting onto the game better as time goes on and by next year we ought to have an all-star team...