Word: coaching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice for the University football squad was very light yesterday afternoon. There was no scrimmage, as the coaches thought best to give the squad a good rest after Saturday's game. Neither Corbett nor P. D. Smith were dressed since both were slightly hurt on Saturday. The punting of Sprague, Minot and Frothingham was good, the other backs catching the punts. Coach Kersberg gave the linemen a long drill. F.H. Burr '09, captain of last year's team, was on the field and assisted in coaching the line. J.W. Cutler '09, quarterback last fall, aided Coach Daly in his work...
Yesterday afternoon the candidates for the University crew reported at the University boathouse at 4 o'clock for the first day's work in fall rowing. Three eights were made up and sent up-stream in short stretches as far as the Brighton bridge. Coach Wray followed the work of the men from the John Harvard...
...line-up as was used against Bates on Wednesday. The backfield, with the exception of O'Flaherty, are all "H" men. They have been working together in the last two days of practice and team-work has been developed rapidly. The line should show improvement as a result of Coach Kersberg's coaching. The ends, who played very well in the Bates game, will have to keep up to this standard as the substitutes are pushing them hard...
...practice yesterday afternoon was very light. The first squad had no scrimmage, but the second team lined up against the second scrubs and in a fifteen-minute scrimmage scored two touchdowns. D. J. Hurley '05, captain of the team in 1904, came out to help coach the second. Coach Hurley played a prominent part in the scrimmage and is a valuable addition to the coaching staff...
...Coach Daly had the backs and quarters out early for individual coaching, Coach Kersberg superintended the work of the line-men, and Coach Leary that of the ends. Corbett, Sprague, and Frothingham had a long practice in punting, Sprague sending off some exceptionally long balls. Signal practice was started with O'Flaherty at quarterback on the first squad, and Galatti running the substitutes. Later Coach Daly put Wigglesworth at quarterback on a third set with Rogers and E. V. Long as halfbacks. Long reported yesterday; he has been abroad and has just returned. N. H. Brock '12, a heavy guard...