Word: clips
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...season, can be called on to punt in emergencies. The principal weakness of the team at present is fumbling kicks--a weakness which gave the Indians their touchdown. Sawin, who is strong on catching punts, plays in the backfield with Daly, and together they are sure to clip off many of Pennsylvania's kicks...
...Freshmen were given considerable pair oar work this morning. Their work in the shell this afternoon was unsatisfactory. The time was bad and the men showed a tendency to clip at the full reach, which resulted in a great waste of power. This morning there were a few Yale freshmen visitors, while in the afternoon several of the 'varsity men made a call...
...Freshman crew have been in their shell only a short time and still display an extreme roughness and jerkiness in their movements and a bad clip at the beginning and the end of the stroke. The crew as a whle pull individually and fail to get together properly...
...shell. Their work was at first confined to paddling in fours, but yesterday they rowed all eight and were quite steady in their light ship. The Freshman crew have been coached especially to slow their alides and get a good hard catch. Nearly all of the men clip badly and meet their oars, but they do get a strong heave together and control their slides better than most of the crews on the river. Some changes were made in the order of the crew which is at present boated in this order...
Durham, stroke, is short on his body reach. Kernan, 7, and Fitzgerald, 6, tend to clip. Pierce (captain) 5, does not feather his oar enough. Emery, 4, rushes his slide. Sherburne, 3, tends to row short and to clip, as does Morrill at 2. Bedford, at bow, lacks life and tends to shorten...