Outing . HINKEY, YALEThe greatest of them all in nerve and brains HUDSON, CARLISLEWho drop-kicked goa]s from a touchdown OUTING. COONEY, PRINCETON Whose nerve and judgment beatone of Cornells best teams played by the late FrancisH. Burr, the Harvardcaptain of 1908. UnderCaptain Parker in 1907Harvard football was ata low ebb. Uninspiringleadership and inefficientcoaching had had theireffect, and when theeleven took the fieldagainst Yale that yearthe Harvard undergrad-uates were hopeful ofnothing more than a goodshowing. Yale came upto the game with a goodrecord, while Harvardsseason had been on
Outing . HINKEY, YALEThe greatest of them all in nerve and brains HUDSON, CARLISLEWho drop-kicked goa]s from a touchdown OUTING. COONEY, PRINCETON Whose nerve and judgment beatone of Cornells best teams played by the late FrancisH. Burr, the Harvardcaptain of 1908. UnderCaptain Parker in 1907Harvard football was ata low ebb. Uninspiringleadership and inefficientcoaching had had theireffect, and when theeleven took the fieldagainst Yale that yearthe Harvard undergrad-uates were hopeful ofnothing more than a goodshowing. Yale came upto the game with a goodrecord, while Harvardsseason had been one of the poorest inyears. Yet there were good players onthe team, notably Hoar, Grant, New-hall, Starr, Wendell and Burr. Therewas, indeed, material for a first-classeleven. Now, while the team was grateful forthe hearty support of the undergraduates,it felt that merely to make a good show-ing was an unworthy achievement. A new spirit had come over the Crim-son. The best men of the squad andother influential Harvard men felt thatthe time had come to reorganize footballand put it on such a basis that merely tobe beaten at a
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