Word: accustomizing
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...Wednesday afternoon shortly after their arrival at New Haven, the University crew motored to Derby, on the Housatonic river, where Saturday's race will be rowed. Coach Haines put the men through a stiff workout to accustom them to the new course and to the shell that has been rerigged for their...
Balloons fall into three general classes: the ordinary balloon, the kite balloon and the "blimp," or English type of lighter-than-air machine. The simple balloon is now used almost entirely for training purposes, to accustom the airmen in the handling of their craft. The type of balloon termed the "kite" is known more familiarly as the observation balloon. On the western front these airships hover over the armies, remaining in a nearly stationary position for long periods of time. They thus are poised for a fixed view of the enemy activities and can communicate movements of troops and other...
Thirty-five candidates reported for the first informal hockey practice held in the Boston Arena yesterday afternoon. R. E. Gross '19, coach of the Freshmen, took charge of practice. During the first part of the period the men skated around the rink to accustom themselves to the artificial surface. Actual practice began when Gross chose four sets of forward lines and sent them down the ice against varied defence combinations. Emphasis was laid on accuracy and sureness rather than on speed, the men being coached to play slowly and carefully and to remain in their positions. After this the defencemen...
...order to accustom the team to the size of the rink at New Haven the managers have had constructed false sideboards four feet high, which narrow the Arena down to the requisite size, cutting off over 1,000 square feet of ice. These boards will be erected for practice every day this week...
...have ordered a new eight-oared shell from Davy, the boat builder of Cambridge. It will be of the swivel type and will embody a number of Coach Wright's own ideas. Last year Pennsylvania used the tholepin, but Wright has had more experience with the swivel, having been accustomed to this type of rigging when coaching the Argonaut Club of Canada. At present it is planned to let the oarsmen have two weeks practice on the Delaware before leaving for the final bit of training at Poughkeepsie. In this way Wright believes he will accustom the men to rough...