Word: blackboard
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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University football practice yesterday afternoon was long and hard. Coach Haughton started the work with a blackboard talk in the Locker Building, immediately after which the men were given about ten minutes' work on the dummies. When the second squad appeared on the field, the University men left the tackling practice and went into the Stadium, where the turf is in wonderful condition for football, being just soft enough to given a good footing and not in the least damp or slippery. Here the work was chiefly in running down under and catching punts. Felton, Milholland, Bradlee, and Bradley...
There will be a meeting of candidates for the University and Freshman soccer teams and all men interested in soccer in the Assembly Room of the Union this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Captain Byng will outline the work for the coming season, and Coach Burgess will give a blackboard talk which will be of value to those men in particular who are as yet unfamiliar with the game. Spring practice for the squad will commence as soon as the snow clears away and the ground is in a fit condition. Meanwhile candidates will be expected to take regular exercise...
...learning the game, and candidates will be expected to take regular exercise of some kind every day, commencing next Monday. There will be a meeting of all men interested in soccer in the Union next Friday at 3.30 o'clock when Captain Byng and Coach Burgess will give a blackboard talk...
Practice began as usual with a long blackboard talk in the Locker Building followed by a shorter talk in the Stadium on the fundamentals of football. Then came a half-hour of signal drill which closed the practice. Huntington was at centre and, in the absence of Blackall, Bettle played fullback. Felton and O'Brien alternated at right end, the former doing considerable punting...
...Freshman football team was given short practice yesterday afternoon. After a blackboard talk by Coach Dewey the linemen were drilled in the usual charging tactics. This was followed by a long dummy scrimmage between the first team and the substitutes, after which the teams separated for signal practice. Hardwick and Logan were again in the backfield after a long absence...