Word: swifter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...other hand, the game showed that the Harvard team has rare offensive strength. A swifter attack than that shown through much of the game has seldom been attained by a Harvard eleven. It must be admitted, however, that the failure to grasp opportunities to score is so far from exceptional that evidence of this defect has come to seem almost meritable in each and every game; the game with Pennsylvania was no exception to this generality...
...poor condition of the ice prevented a close and interesting contest; but there were, nevertheless, frequent instances of excellent team and individual work on both sides. Although the Boston club played a very fast games, the University players proved to be more consistent and were able to win through swifter and more accurate passing. Goodridge and Fenwick, for the Boston team, and Winsor, Rumsey and Penhallow for Harvard, were very effective...