Word: better
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During the past week the team has been given much practice on defensive work in anticipation of Yale's heavy attack and at last the defense seems satisfactory. The men play fairly low in the line, and the secondary defense is better than it has been at any time this year. This was well shown in the last open practice where the runner of the second eleven was often thrown back after getting through a hole in the line...
...spite of the wet and heavy field. The team is not overstrained and every man on the team is in good physical condition. The best of the available material, therefore, will go into the game with Yale this afternoon and, if beaten, it will only be beaten by a better team...
...very successful in the Princeton game it is probable that they will be used against Harvard. Sharpe, however, is the best punter on the team and is very strong in defense, so he may be given a chance, especially as Fincke may be needed at quarter. Wear is a better general, passes more quickly and accurately, and is more inspiring to the team, but he is not quite so steady as Fincke, especially in the matter of catching punts...
...opportunities to score. The interference ran fairly smoothly, but was so slow in starting that the plays were often smothered before they formed. The defensive work also showed some improvement over that of yesterday, although there was still an absence of support from the backs. The ends played in better form than they have done recently...
...light and fire to the people of the earth, then in darkness, but only partly succeeds; and in the end ruins himself. Out of this myth has been developed a philosophical back ground for the poem, having as its theme the thought that, when people make an effort to better the world they are always successful, though they may seem to fail...