Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...individual running. In this respect Fincke, who played on the team for the first time this year, was the most noticeable. On the first kick-off he picked up the ball after Kendall's fumble and ran fifty yards by skillful dodging. A few minutes later he made a difficult catch of a punt on his own thirty-five yard line and ran entirely through the second eleven to the goal posts, but the ball was called back for off-side play. Kendall punted very slowly and lacked life in his running; neverthless his steady gains at the first...
...gained eight yards on a good plunge, but on the play he dislocated his shoulder. Kernan then went in, and he and Graydon soon pushed the ball to the fifteen-yard line. Daly then tried a drop kick for goal from the field, and although the angle was a difficult one, he just missed the post. Soon after this the first team renewed its line attack, and Kernan by a series of plays through the tackles and guards, carried the ball from the thirty-five yard line to the goal. His last plunge was for fifteen yards. Time was called...
...football team will play its first game of the season with Wesleyan on Soldiers Field at 3 o'clock this afternoon. After only two weeks practice with such a large squad, it is very difficult and hardly desirable to put the strongest combination of men in the field. The team has, however, learned the elementary points of the game, and in the last few days of scrub practice, has formed fast and close interference. Practically the same men have played on the first eleven since Wednesday and should therefore have developed some team play. Wesleyan, on the other hand...
George, bow, has been in the boat only two days, and it is difficult to say how he will turn out. He is now late on the stroke and inclined to feather under at the finish...
...improvement in hitting. In the field the work was fast and the throwing accurate, but an unusual number of errors were made on ground hits and thrown balls. Clark and Stillman were given plenty of practice in fielding bunts, and both caught the runners almost invariably. Fincke made several difficult stops, but missed some easy throws. C. F. Payne '97 and Lewis, of the Boston team, assisted in the coaching...