Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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When the referee blows the final whistle of the contest in the Stadium this afternoon the little red-sweatered automaton whose frantic motions and resounding voice have became familiar to a generation of football followers will have completed his thirteenth successive season as score-keeper. "Eddie" Morris is his name, and in his time he has signalled to the score-board the story of every University game played in the Stadium. In the course of the last two decades he has communicated to the spectators, the telegraphers, and the press reporters on the roof of the Stadium the details...
This game, disappointing as it was as a semi-final contest, showed Yale where her mistakes lay, where her powerful team had misplayed, and laid a basis for the final reorganization of the eleven into the more consistent machine which invades the Stadium today
Except for the contest with the Tigers the eleven has had no hard struggle, the nearest approach being in the Boston College and Brown games when the final scores stood at 17-0 and 7-0 respectively...
...experienced and more powerful University team had little trouble in smashing through the Colby line to a 35-0 score on October 11. Colby fought hard, but could make no headway against the Crimson men. The most notable part of the contest from the Harvard view-point was the successful completion of all of the five attempted forward passes. The University players showed more ability and power in opening holes in the line, but exhibited poor interference in the open field. No brilliant plays were made although Casey, F. C. Church '20, R. S. Humphrey '21, and A. D. Hamilton...
Princeton Tied in Thrilling Contest...