Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...goal line by line rushes, aided by a long forward pass to left end. There the Cadets held for downs and punted to the 25-yard line, where the Battery team immediately worked another forward pass to the 7-yard line. Nesmith scored on the next play, and a difficult goal was kicked Towards the end of the half the Battery gained possession of the ball in the middle of the field. A well-executed on-side kick made 25 yards, and on the next play Crocker punted over the goal line, where a Battery man fell on the ball...
...picking out and developing a quarterback, Coach Haughton had an even more difficult task. The material was very limited, and in a short time was sifted down to three men, Browne, Cutler and Galatti. But Browne was too valuable a man at end, and after a short time went back to the line. Cutler is an example of what can be accomplished by careful coaching and consistent work. He has improved with every game, become a safer man in the backfield, and has been depended upon for the greater part of the punting since Burr was injured. Last Saturday...
...Wheaton '09S., right halfback, runs hard and is a difficult man to tackle. In the minor games he has shown great ability as a drop kicker. He has been out of the game most of the season on account of injuries...
...present number of the Advocate has at the outset to face the difficult task of commenting editorially on President Eliot's resignation. It is a task that calls for a reserve of force which the writer lacks. However, though he gesticulates, he says nothing which is not true. In the editorial congratulating last year's editor-in-chief, Mr. Sheldon, on the impending production of his play by Mrs. Fiske, there is also a touch of pomposity. But the congratulations are all the more a propos, now that the press reports and reviews of the opening night are at hand...
...fail to show up at the proper time on days of games. Another important point is that this loss of ushers assigned to definite sections causes considerable delay in people getting to their seats. The crowd on Saturday will be the largest of the season, and consequently the most difficult to handle; and I trust that all the ushers who are assigned places will for once at least not neglect their duty. W. G. WENDELL...