Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...game, and Curtis, who, has been out with the grippe, practiced yesterday and will be in the line-up tonight. The men have worked hard during the past week and have shown a lot of improvement; in passing, shooting, following in the rebounds, and all around team-play. The better work of the wings, heretofore the weak points on the team, is especially encouraging...
...Roberts '16 won the competition in the 35-pound weight from scratch with a distance of 43 feet 6 inches, which is a foot and 2 inches better than his record a week ago. L. Jackson '19 was second with 40 feet 4 inches (handicap 12 feet), and W. B. Snow '18 was third with 35 feet 5 inches (handicap 10 feet...
...series Smith beat Gore by the score of 3 to 2. Before the game Abram French '19, of Newton, was elected captain of the Smith Halls team, and R. S. Wortley '19, of New York, of the Gore Hall team. In the closely contested game which followed Smith had better team-play, and won largely through this characteristic. Heppenheimer's work at goal on Smith and Wortley's forward work for Gore were especially noticeable. The teams lined up in the following order...
During the opening minutes of the game neither team seemed to have the advantage, but gradually by superior team work and better passing the Freshmen carried the play into their opponents' territory, where it remained almost continually during the remainder of the contest. The first period closed with the Freshmen 1 goal to their credit. In the second half the 1919 men started off in a whirlwind fashion and scored four goals before play ended. The star playing of the Freshmen was done by Merrill and Phinney, each of whom scored two goals and took a conspicuous part...
...long drill in passing, shooting and following in rebounds, and a brisk, short scrimmage between teams A and B was the practice for the University squad at the Arena yesterday afternoon. The scrimmage, which was decidedly better than that of the day before, ended 2 to 1 in favor of team A. That the first team did not score more was in large measure due to the sterling defensive work of the second-string backs, Eckfeldt in particular handling his stick cleverly. Thacher scored the first goal, whipping the puck past Abbott on a quick pass from W. Morgan. Bliss...