Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Practice this afternoon consisted of light drill in kicking, passing, and starting...
...From the point of view of the coaches, this period of practice affords an opportunity, first, for the coaches to try out new schemes of play for which there is not time in the fall. Secondly, to become acquainted with the new material; and thirdly, to give new men drill in fundamentals for which there is so little time during the regular football season. From the point of view of the candidates, this period is of immense importance, particularly to the members of the Freshman and Sophomore classes, and most particularly to those men who have played little...
Twenty-five men reported to Captain Mahan yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field for the first day of spring football practice. The work consisted principally of drill in the fundamentals of the game and forward passing. Coach Haughton gave a short talk at the opening, and was further assisted by W. H. Trumbull '15, F. J. Bradlee '15, M. J. Logan '15, and F. B. Withington '15. The backs were put through drill in starting from position, and the linemen were coached in charging and breaking through. The work was concluded with a short run around the Stadium...
Football is a race against time. Princeton and Yale are already far ahead of us, since both have held winter practice and have made plans for a long spring drill. Harvard's practice lasts exactly eighteen days. If we wish to be in the race next fall, we must start immediately, as championships are won only by the hardest kind of work. Thus, it is imperative that more candidates report for spring practice...
Twenty candidates for the University association football team reported to Coach Burgess and Captain W. W. Weld '16, on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon at the first spring practice. They were given drill in shooting goals and then lined up in two teams for a strenuous scrimmage...