Word: dependable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yale's strongest offensive play is a mass on tackles and neither team will put much reliance on end plays. Harvard will depend on dive plays inside the tackles. Yale will probably direct many of her plays at Lawrence, but his great improvement this year makes him fully equal to Donald. Harvard's centre is impregnable...
...Indians' defense was decidedly strong, owing to the vigorous and low tackling of all of the line-men. Except on one or two well-executed trick-plays, the Harvard backs were totally unable to gain around the ends, and had to depend upon line-plays. The most successful play for Carlisle was a mass formation outside of tackle, which completely overpowered the substitute tackles in the second half and made uninterrupted gains, especially through Swain...
Harvard's chances for a second victory, which are very good, depend upon Hubbard and Averell. The latter has broken the record of the course with a score of 35, and Hubbard, who won the Newport championship two years ago, is very strong on match play. The first round will be played this morning, the semi-finals in the afternoon, and the final round, which is to be 36 holes, will be played on Saturday...
Yale of course believes in faculty coaching, yet she was willing to rule out all but undergraduate coachers. Princeton does not wish to stand as an advocate of faculty coaching, but is compelled either to accept that or depend entirely upon undergraduates, because she has no resident graduates upon whom she can call...
...Stevenson. These are supplemented by many books on general literature and by the books required for reading in the courses on the several periods of English literature. With the exception of the Classical Library this collection is the only one with a special fund of its own to depend upon. Friends and students of the late Professor Child Subscribed a sum, which has a present income...