Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this afternoon's practice Coach Claflin will lay special stress on the work in the immediate vicinity of the enemy's net. The sharp, direct pass from directly behind the goal to a waiting man in front has been becoming more and more effective as a means of scoring. This will be emphasized in today's work...
Coach Sanford, of Rutgers, made a rather startling statement at the meeting of football coaches held recently in New York. He advocated a modification of the rules that would permit the coaches to be on the field, in an advantageous position, so as to direct the play of their respective teams. "I am strongly for it," he said, "because it would tell just how much the coaches knew. No longer would they be able to put the blame on the quarterbacks when things went wrong...
...statement is evidence that the various accusations against modern football are not totally unfounded. When football reaches the stage where it is simply a demonstration of how much the rival coaches know, it ceases to be a sport; it is a trade. In a game where two opponents merely direct their respective machines the frequently used term "Gridiron Battle" assumes a grim reality of meaning. Individual initiative on the part of the players is no longer desirable, but on the contrary positively dangerous: it might interfere with the coach's plan...
...Student Liberal Club has two purposes--to direct the attention of the University by discussions and lectures to public questions, and to create a group of men who are interested in the problems of the community...
...anatomical details, now in the artist's studio in Germany, have been transported to this country. Under existing conditions it is unsafe to transport them, especially as their removal "in bond" to Boston cannot yet be secured. Up to the time of the war, the glass flowers were shipped direct to Boston and then by the courtesy of the Custom House officials were carried directly to the Museum in Cambridge and were unpacked safely at the University...