Word: accustoming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University hockey team played the first game of the season last evening with the Brae Burn team at the Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton. This game was not on the schedule but was played in order to accustom the men to artificial light. The combination of forwards used for the first time Monday afternoon proved very effective. Leslie has been put at left end and Gardner moved to right centre. This enables Hicks and Gardner to work together, which they did last evening, totalling together eight of the twelve goals scored by the University team. Brae Burn was able...
Within the next two weeks two rinks, furnished with are-lights, will be constructed in the Stadium, so that the hockey team may get on the ice as soon as the weather permits. Thereafter practice will be held at night to accustom the men to artificial light...
...University hockey management has made provision for lighting the rink in the Stadium with large are lights. This will enable the team to accustom themselves to playing under artificial light, the condition they will meet when they play Yale at the St. Nicholas Rink on February...
...work of the crew yesterday with Cutler at two was reasonably good and in all probability no other change will be necessary. There remain seven days of rowing before the race and in that time the men in the bow will have a change to accustom themselves to the new order and should get together fairly well. The difference in weight and power which the new man brings to the bow will be hard to balance, but it is not an impossibility. Captain Richardson has done remarkable things with the crew already and we have the utmost confidence that...
...preliminary practice yesterday, Coach Cutts gave the line men a stiff breaking through drill, particular attention being devoted to W. Peirce, in order to accustom him to his new position at guard. Burr and Parker kicked several goals from placement from the 35-yard line with a hard wind blowing across the field. Burr and Lockwood also punted to the backs...