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...grave. One of these was the Isle of the Double, at the source of the Nile; again, the West, where the sun god disappeared at night, was a favorite locality. The place of the dead was also associated with the sky, and a ladder to mount by was often provided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Carpenter's Lecture. | 11/28/1894 | See Source »

...judge from appearances, however, Harvard has the advantage in team work. The men play together better, except in the case of the backs. When a Harvard back bucks the line he often has to do it alone. The Yale backs, on the other hand, are sure to help one another. This same difference was noticeable last year. Butterworth's phenomenal line breaking had that for its cause. Still the Harvard team has but just had its fullback picked. This more or less accounts for this year's failure in team work in that one respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Teams Compared. | 11/24/1894 | See Source »

Harvard is using rather more styles of play. The rush line players are more often called back and made to run with the ball or help interference. Harvard's interference is open, Yale's is compact, though Harvard's has thus far worked more perfectly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Teams Compared. | 11/24/1894 | See Source »

Redpath plays a loose game. He does not use his hands when running and gives up too easily when tackled, and often drops the ball when thrown. He often misses his tackle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football. | 11/21/1894 | See Source »

...running, to be sure, must, if the name is to signify anything, be through fields and up and down hills for at least a part of the way. It is not at all necessary, however, that courses be chosen which lead through clay pits and wet marshes, as has often been the case. If the hares are careful in laying their trail this afternoon we feel sure that the attendance on future runs will be far larger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/20/1894 | See Source »