Word: working
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard team has planned out a scheme of work for the year. Owing to the regular system of class and apparatus work which will be given the team under the personal instruction of Mr. Dohs, a very large number of men have handed in their names. J. P. Jones '02 has been appointed manager, and efforts are being made to arrange dates for exhibitions and competitions...
...After the battle was won a blockade of the city was made, and as the insurgents soon surrounded it on the land, the Spaniards were effectually hemmed in. Later, when it was seen that a long stay would be made, a thousand natives were hired at the arsenal, and work began with great energy. The natives, who are a turbulent set of half breeds, of some education, but totally unfitted to govern themselves, had, through association with the Spanish, become lazy and shiftless. A few months of American rule, however, cured them of this. When the insurgents rebelled the natives...
...Wretched work in the back field by Stillman and Baldwin gave Yale a chance to score, which they could not take advantage of, however, on account of Harvard's strong defense. Finally Blount fumbled one of Stillman's kicks and Hersey fell on the ball. A few tackle plays pushed the ball over the line, Hersey making the score...
...Gordon, who takes charge of the expedition, will leave Cambridge about the end of November, proceeding first to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, to open negotiations with the government for a new concession, the edict under which the work of the former expeditions was carried on having been withdrawn...
...practice of the Freshman team yesterday afternoon was again secret. After the preliminary work of starts, kicking and falling on the ball, the first eleven lined up against the second. Only one short half of about twenty minutes was played, the first eleven scoring three times. McGrew and Derby were back again on the field, but only the former played against the second. There were three or four changes in the line-up, but these may not be permanent. McDonald was put at left end, McGrew back at left tackle, Riggs in Jones's place at right guard and Swann...