Word: stubbornly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...rink was shortened by boards in order to accustom the players to the small ice area on which the game will be played. After drilling the forwards in passing, the first team lined up against the substitutes and defeated them, 3 to 2, in a fast and stubborn scrimmage of 20 minutes' duration. The defensive work on both sides was good, and especially the goaltending, for during the greater part of the scrimmage shots were constantly being aimed at the cages by both teams...
...Navy won from the Army at Philadelphia Saturday by the score of 6 to 0. Both teams displayed a stubborn defensive power which the unvaried line-plunging tactics of the opposing eleven could not penetrate. The winning points were scored in the last five minutes of play as the result of two goals from placement by Brown, each goal being the indirect result of a West Point fumble...
...hard-fought throughout, and especially in the second half. The University attack was strong, as usual, and by good team-play, clever stick-work and brilliant individual playing, kept the ball in Cornell's territory most of the time. Cornell's attack, however, was unable to penetrate Harvard's stubborn defence consistently. The outer-defence, stronger than ever before this season, was so effective that Lincoln at goal had only two stops to make. All men on the University team played excellently, so that to mention one whose individual brilliancy was especially marked would be unfair to the others...