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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...disagreeable drizzle which fell yesterday afternoon gave the University football team its first practice with a wet ball and a slightly treacherous field. But as there are yet no scrimmages, the squad not even being divided into sections, there was no special attention paid to teaching the men to handle themselves on a slippery field. Work was confined to the most fundamental practice with the dummies, medicine ball, and bucking machine, except for the ends and backs, who were given a long drill in punting, catching, forming interference, and getting down the field under punts. This sort of training will...
Coach Gardiner had his Freshman squad go through the same preliminary work that has been used all the week, dropping on the ball, tackling the dummies, and running through a few signals and formations. With the opening of College on Monday, a large number of additional players from the class are expected to report...
pitching for the University team. The former was hit safely four times during the four innings in which he occupied the mound. Captain Potter held the Pilgrims to two hits during the remainder of the game. His work demonstrated his versatility as a ball player...
...Pilgrims scored in the first inning when McDevitt singled, reached third on a passed ball, and came home on a single by Dexter. Harvard took the lead in the third inning. With one down Wigglesworth walked, and scored when Pushee fumbled the ball and then overthrew first in an effort to catch Tomes. The latter reached second on the play, took third on Wingate's out, and scored when Simons failed to handle an easy bounder...
Runs--Reeves, Wigglesworth, Tomes, Hicks, McDevitt. Home run--Hicks. Sacrifice hits--Reeves, Gibson. Stolen bases--Lanigan 2, Wingate, Reynolds. First base on balls--Off Potter 3, off Hicks 2, off Tomes 1. Struck out--By Hicks 7, by Potter 3, by Tomes 3. Passed ball--Reeves. Hit by pitched ball--Wigglesworth, Clifford. Time--2h. Umpire--Conroy...