Word: camp
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Army took Detroit into camp...
...backfield there is a wealth of material this department appearing especially strong on the defense. Slagle, who was selected by the late Walter Camp for his second All-American lineup last fall, appears to be the best of the lot. With the huddle system again in vogue, he is calling signals in place of Captain Stout. An accurate passer, a brilliant runner, a fine drop-kicker, and a good punter, he is a genuine quadruple threat man. Dignan, a kicker and line plunger, Caulkins, and Gilligan make up the rest of the backfield. Bridges, the diminutive Virginian from...
...entered the University of Illinois, became the brightest star of a brilliant freshman backfield. After his first varsity year he was chosen for Walter Camp's All-American. His combined speed, power, and cleverness in open field work, coaches declared, had not been paralleled in the last decade. Last year, in the first twelve minutes of a game against Michigan, he made four runs of from 45 to 90 yards each. At the kickoff he raced from his goal-line to score a touchdown, a feat which has been accomplished only eleven times in history. During the Michigan game...
...Swedish Government an nounced that the historic drill ground of Ljungbyhed has been turned into a physical training camp for school children. Several other drill grounds have been sold to various municipalities for this purpose...
After this preliminary training, the outfit spent two weeks in camp near Underhill, at the foot of Mount Mansfield. Here the work was more intensive, and consisted mainly of daily pistol and artillery firing. Conditions at camp were made to simulate actual warfare as much as possible, and culminated in an 18-mile night march without lights back to the post The training period ended with the firing of record pistol courses, in which a number of University men qualified for medals, a mounted review by the commanding officer of the post, and the awarding of commissions to a large...