Word: caged
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...dispatch to the CRIMSON from the Cornell Sun states that the team has been put through an especially rigorous drill this week. Secret practices in the baseball cage have been accompanied by the fastest and fiercest scrimmages which the Red and White squad has seen this year. During the play, Captain Barrett has been averaging over 50 yards in his punting, and on one occasion got off a kick that travelled 77 yards. The team had one last hard scrimmage yesterday before leaving, but it is thought that the men will spend today resting at the Hotel Lenox...
...coaches made the best of the unfavorable conditions by giving the men a long talk in the Locker Building and a half-hour's signal drill in the Cage, but dissatisfied with the showing being made lately, Coach Haughton wound up the afternoon's work by staging a hard scrimmage on the field. The play was impeded by the thick mist and wet turf, but before it was stopped at 5 o'clock by utter darkness, every man was sent in to take part. No scoring was made, for the University team could not make consistent progress through the seconds...
...Enwright '18 ran through signals with the team in the Cage, but was not trusted on the treacherous turf in the field. His injured ankle seems very slow in healing, and it is feared that an early return to the game would seriously endanger his final availability to the eleven...
...University football squad was practically given a day off yesterday, for a light practice in the Cage constituted the whole afternoon's work. The effect of the weather on the Stadium field was such that it was deemed inadvisable to hold the work out-doors, and in the limited space of the Cage the only practice possible was signal drill, preceded by a passing practice for the centres. The backs spent their preliminary time brushing up the execution of old plays, while the linemen practiced on getting a quick start in charging. The inclusion of a black-board talk earlier...
...City, will try the various stage sets, and get everything in smooth working order. Tomorrow evening there will be a rehearsal, open only to those bearing passes. The properties and accessories of the Metropolitan Opera House, which will be used in the production, are being kept in the baseball cage. The larger pieces of scenery, which will come from the Boston Opera House, will arrive today...