Word: won
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Overconfidence never yet won a victory, and it has lost more than one. Harvard men are going to point to comparative scores and decide next Saturday's game before the team reaches New Haven, unless they refuse to become over-confident. Of one thing they may be sure: Yale at New Haven is going to present a far different team from Yale at Princeton. Comparative scores do not admit the all-important element of psychology, especially the influence of playing on the home field. Never was the old lesson truer than now--forget comparative scores, don't be overconfident...
...most effective plays have been used over and over again in the big games, but most of them have never been analyzed even by experts, with any degree of accuracy. For example--The play which was the deciding factor in tiding Princeton last year, was the same play which won against Yale and Oregon, and the same play, with a very minor variation, which tied Princeton this year. A well known coach has, on two occasions, attempted to describe this play without being able to come anywhere near the true solution...
...last hopes of Chicago and Michigan of winning the "Big Ten" Conference championship vanished Saturday. Ohio defeated Michigan by 14 to 7, block-minutes of play, while Illinois won a stubborn battle from Chicago by 3 to 0. As Ohio has no game this week, it will face Illinois in the crucial game two weeks away with a clean slate. The Illinois, how-ever, must defeat the strong Wisconsin eleven next Saturday to enjoy a like prestige. The Illini are favorites over the Badgers, but Ohio is picked to win the final game and the championship for a second year...
...fall rowing season closed at Yale last Friday when the annual Fall Regatta was held. The championship was won by the 1922 crew, which beat 1923 A by two lengths. There will be no more regular crew work this fall but Coach Nickalls plans to keep ten crews on the water as long as the weather will permit. There will be four university, four freshman and two 150-pound crews in action from now on. Coach Nickalls has three men from last year's University crew and numerous promising men from the 1923 and 1922 crews. The three veterans...
...Until the end of the scheduled periods the two teams fought to a 1 to 1 tie. Then in the two extra 10-minute sessions which followed, the Orange and Black eleven showed its superior endurance, and by scoring three goals in quick succession and one later, won the game...