Word: standards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...right moment. Nevertheless, if the men continue to grasp the principles of football as rapidly as they have in the past ten days, they will undoubtedly form, at the end of the season, a reliable but not brilliant team, and one which will not be below the standard of previous years...
...satisfactory. In spite of the slippery condition of the field, no one was hut. The wet ball, however, aggravated the old habit of fumbling. Daly and Hallowell were again in the game, but did not play throughout the practice. Fincke again played well, but is of course below the standard of Daly. The whole team tackled poorly, and failed to follow the ball, and the backs were still slow. The forwards, however, started more quickly than on Monday. The line will soon be in its final shape with Boal able to play. He will take part in this afternoon...
...answer to an attack on athletics before the Mass. Schoolmasters' Club last Saturday, Professor A. B. Hart spoke informally on behalf of athletics. He characterized college and school sports as a great force making for righteousness and said that training was a moral safeguard. Harvard's intellectual and moral standard's are higher today than they were twenty years ago which would not be true were athletics injurious. Athletic sport makes the student stand forth...
...class football teams have now been practicing for a period of over three weeks in preparation for the class championship series next week. The Senior and Junior elevens are both fully up the average standard for class teams, but the Sophomores are not yet well shaken together. The Junior team is perhaps the most advanced of any, by reason of having a good second eleven to practice against every day, besides having had outside games. A large number of the men now on the team were out last year and may be called experienced. The team shows good spirit...
...crippled because several of the best players were prevented by injuries from taking part in the game. Yale was particularly weak on the left side of the line, and it was at this point that Dartmouth directed most of her successful plays. The tackles were also below the Yale standard. Yale depended on line bucking formations, directed at the centre and tackles, but tried no end plays throughout the game. In kicking, Dartmouth would have proved equal to Yale if it had not been for poor passing by Rogers. As it was, Yale showed great superiority and development...