Word: crude
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Locker Building for a blackboard talk by Coach Dewey. Later a squad picture was taken, followed by a 10-minute drill at the tackling dummies. Then signal practice and a brief scrimmage between the first and second teams was held. On the whole the work of the team was crude and a tendency toward sluggishness was evident. Hard practice during the rest of the week, however, should eradicate this fault...
...defence the line showed up well, often sifting through and smothering a play before it got started. Gardiner and Smith seemed to follow the ball closely, the latter recovering fumbles down the field on two occasions. The team play, however, was crude and the eleven seemed to outplay Bates by individual superiority. The backs, especially when team B was on the field, received very little interference from the line, and whenever they broke through were promptly smothered by Bates secondary defence...
...whole the work was crude and marred by fumbles, and though there seemed to be power in the line, it did not play well together. The second team showed less offensive strength than the first and except on the ends was defensively superior to its opponents. Yet in the whole game, Bates made less than 40 yards and only one first down by rushing the all, while the University team advanced it over 100 by the same means...
This year, however, the coaches have not had as much opportunity to drill the players and it is probable that the teamwork will be comparatively crude. The slow field, heavy with yesterday's rain, will also do much to handicap the speed of the backfield...
...linemen. During the week consistent improvement has been shown in all departments of the game which so far have been taken up. Many of the candidates for the backfield are heavy and fast and have shown much ability. The linemen have improved but are still a bit crude in their work. The end material has benefited by the coaching it has received and shows promise...