Word: crude
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...well, and keeps it in the opponent's territory most of the time. Browne, who will play left guard if Fish goes in at centre, covers his man closely and is clover at scoring from his position. Fish, who will probably, start the game at centre, is still somewhat crude in his handling of the ball but covers closely and shows good head-work. His height and weight often give him a considerable advantage over his opponent, but in Van Vleck, the Yale centre, he will have an exceptionally fast man to contend with. The forwards, Allen and Currie...
...team-play which has been improved considerably. H. Fish '10, right tackle on the University football team last season, will replace Browne at centre and the latter will play left guard in place of Almy. Fish has been playing only a few days and his playing is still crude, but with his height and weight he should be a valuable man with proper coaching. O. A. Wyman '08, another new man, has shown up well and will be used this evening if necessary...
...Mark's School 5 to 0 and the Freshmen in a practice game, 2 to 0, while the Sophomores have won from the Juniors by the score of 2 to 0. The game should be close and interesting as both teams are fast though their team-play is rather crude...
...only game that the Freshmen have played so far, that with the Crescent Hockey Club, there was almost no team work and the work as a whole was very crude. The teams will probably line up as follows: FRESHMEN. ANDOVER. Chase, Leslie, l.e. r.e., Cole Cutler, Chase, l.e. r.c., Martin Dick, r.c. l.c., Twombly Seamans, Hornblower, r.e. l.e., Pfau Foster, c.p. c.p., Larius Johnson, Paul, p. p., Nichols Andrews, g. g., Gifford
...Joseph Chamberlain said, "the hope of the future lies in the awakening of the public conscience and its recognition of the duty of the community to its poorest and weakest members." The awakening has commenced, it is domesticating a conscience in public life, but one that is still a crude ill-educated groping thing. It will stand a vast amount of abuse, of ridicule, of intolerance, but when to these is added insolence, and the public sense of decency is violated by official exploitation of criminal license, it becomes an avalanche and temporarily overwhelms its oppressors. Like an avalanche, however...