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Word: offing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1900
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These last deficiencies are not as yet faults, for it is yet too early to expect final form, but the game did reveal many real and important faults which must be eradicated. The greatest of these was fumbling, although the game was not close enough to give the fumbles their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA OUTCLASSED | 11/5/1900 | See Source »

Pennsylvania as a team was sufficiently outclassed to lose the game but it was not the failure of the guards back formation nor the slowness of the defense which allowed Harvard to roll up such a large score. Overconfidence or nervousness, in the first half, gave Harvard chances that steady...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA OUTCLASSED | 11/5/1900 | See Source »

The game gave great opportunities to judge of the individual strength and weakness of the Harvard players. The most noticeable player was J. Lawrence. His charging was excellent, having none of the unsteadiness which spoiled his work early in the season, and showing more speed than before. He gained the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA OUTCLASSED | 11/5/1900 | See Source »

None of the Harvard eleven were seriously hurt. Kendall injured his sore shoulder and Ellis and Sawin hurt their weak knees, but Hallowell and Campbell were taken out of the game merely to save them from overwork. Captain Daly strained his arm slightly but was able to play the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA OUTCLASSED | 11/5/1900 | See Source »

Of the Pennsylvania team Hare was the star. His general playing was better than that of any other man on the field, and had it not been for him Pennsylvania would have had no strength whatever. Besides playing his position in good style he gained more ground than all the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA OUTCLASSED | 11/5/1900 | See Source »

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