Word: eleven
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...weeks ago. The Bulldog, on the contrary, is considerably the worse for wear; the claw-marks of the Tiger have not yet healed. Yet for that reason Yale, always a fighting organization, will fight harder than ever. It is Harvard's job to smother the grim, determined blue-jerseyed eleven, and we have faith that the Harvard machine can do it. The Crimson team has the driving, smashing power of a locomotive. Whether Yale can stop it remains to be seen...
...October 4, the University eleven won its second game by defeating Boston College 17-0. The game was much harder fought and better played than the Bates game. The interference, especially after kick-offs, was better than the week before when it was inclined to be ragged. There was less fumbling and better team play than had hitherto been shown. Heaphy of Boston played an excellent game at centre, while Murray, R. Horween, and Casey played brilliantly on the University side...
...University presents an undefeated team against the strong Yale eleven today, having won seven and tied one game, amassing a total of 212 points to its opponents' 10. Princeton, by a touchdown and field goal in the game two weeks ago, has been the only team to score of the Crimson. With the downfall of Colgate and Dartmouth last Saturday, Harvard became the only eastern eleven of importance to approach the completion of its season with a clean record...
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...
...first game of the season, on September 27, the Crimson eleven over-whelmed the Bates College team by a 53 to 0 score. The Maine boys put up a plucky fight but the greater weight and experience of the home team counted heavily against them. Except for frequent fumbling the game was remarkably free from early season blunders. E. L. Casey Occ starred by his long runs of 45 and 65 yards, while W. J. Murray Occ. and R. Horween Occ. were deciding factors in the game...