Word: developing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale men feel that the eleven has been very much weakened by the loss of Beecher, Bull, Pratt, Carter and Woodruff, and they have gone to work with a will to develop new material. Two fields have been laid out, so that four teams can practice at once. This plan will give all the candidates good practice in team work and will especially help the freshman eleven...
...regard to their chances for the eleven. McClung and Morrison, half-backs on the Exeter team last year, are doing very good work behind the line, and Pell, '92, Funk, '92, and Moyle, '91, are showing up well on the rush line. Captain Corbin is doing his best to develop a winning team, and giving the candidates hard and careful practice...
...apparent, both from the number of men who turned out to practice and from the aptness they showed for their work, that with faithful practice Harvard can put a strong team in the field this fall. Feeling certain as we do that the captain will spare no effort to develop the strongest team possible from the players in the college, we look with some confidence to the result of his work. Hard work will do wonders; and wonders need to be done this year by the team that wins the championship...
...impression that the criticism was directed against the officers of the H. A. A. If he had read the editorial more carefully, he would see that this was not the case; but on the contrary, that it was directed against men in college who have ability they will not develop. If the editorial in question was not clear enough in this point, the spirit of the editorial of Saturday's issue was unmistakeable. We quote a few lines: "As a whole the meetings this year have not been up to the standard of former years; not, we think, because...
...special effort is being made at Yale to develop men for the hurdle races to be contested in the Mott Haven games this spring. Men are training for the 220, as well as for the 120-yards race, in the rink at New Haven. A series of hurdles have been placed near the gymnasium and many of the men practice there in pleasant weather. The following are the names of the men most active in practicing for this event: Berger, '88 S., captain; Lentelhon, '89 S., Gruiswold, '90, Tracey, '90, Parker, '91, and Deening...