Word: grimly
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Yale, we meet an able foe--a team which will not give in to defeat, and a college which overcomes discouragemen by a redoubled faith and confidence. Both the team and the University, by their fighting qualities and their grim dctermination, have long commanded our highest respect and admiration. We are proud to be their guests and opponents this afternoon...
...expect Harvard to win and I confidently believe that Harvard has the power and the ability to win, but I am certain that Harvard cannot win unless they play superior football beyond what they have yet displayed. This will require not only the same grim determination that has characterized the play of recent Harvard elevens but also the absolute support of graduates and undergraduates alike in the realization that Yale can only be beaten by Harvard's best football...
...should know better than James L. Knox '98 that football "dopesters" are more apt to be wrong than right, that grim determination on one side and overconfidence on the other can undo in a week a season of victories...