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Word: defection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...great deal more life than usual was in evidence, and the practice was correspondingly faster. The forward lines of the first two teams are rounding into form, the men getting started more quickly, and showing more speed in covering ground. The most noticeable defect is still the lack of head-work in team-play, and the failure to keep places in line. The puck is worked toward the opponents' goal by individual bursts of speed rather than by concerted action. The defence of both teams, though not phenomenal, is strong enough to ward off an attack no more powerful than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAST HOCKEY PRACTICE | 12/5/1912 | See Source »

...University forward line showed speed in getting down the ice, but the passing was slow and often very inaccurate. Excellent work was done, however, in penetrating the strong defence presented by the opponents. A further defect showed itself in the failure to follow back properly. The defence was steady, but by no means brilliant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B. A. A. VICTORS LAST NIGHT | 11/29/1912 | See Source »

Dartmouth scored first on a successful forward pass. The feature of the game was the work of D. Morey at right half, who made four touchdowns and several long end runs. Dartmouth's most noticeable defect was the tendency of the backfield to fumble near its own goal-line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLYNN'S WORK A FEATURE | 10/7/1912 | See Source »

...University team has shown but slight improvement since the Princeton game and the defence is still weak in body-checking and in getting the puck out of the corners, a defect largely responsible for two of Princeton's three goals. It is strong, however, in going down the rink with the puck, Blackall's ability in this department of the game being particularly noticeable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOCKEY GAME WITH CORNELL | 1/27/1912 | See Source »

...true that the actual sheep-skin may not possess the intrinsic value of past years but the final ceremonies attached to graduation are naturally of the greatest interest to a man's parents. To bar them, as is now necessarily the case at Sanders Theatre, seems to us a defect in management which can be corrected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES BACK OF SEVER. | 1/25/1912 | See Source »

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