Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first practice on ice for the University hockey squad was held in the Arena yesterday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock. Ten full teams reported and were given a thorough drill in passing and shooting under the direction of Coaches Winsor and Huntington. Teams A and B, and teams C and D played practice games, but no scoring was done by any team. The ice was in very poor condition with many cracks and soft places, but it will undoubtedly be improved after a second freezing...
Eighty candidates for the University team, as contrasted with 44 at the same time last year, reported to Coach Winsor and Captain Claflin at the Hemenway Gymnasium. A short drill in goal shooting on the concrete floors of the hand-ball courts was followed by a two-mile jog across country...
...Philadelphia, the Army is somewhat the favorite, according to previous scores, having made 199 points to the Navy's 174 this season. It has a punter of great power, Coffin, the greatest kicker the Army has ever had. Before the game two battalions of cadets will go through a drill on the field...
...year in preparation for the big game Saturday in the Bowl. The first team succeeded in scoring three touchdowns to the second eleven's one, Scovil scoring twice and Ainsworth once for the University team while Ovitt made the single touchdown of the opposing eleven. A formation drill which completed the final perfection of the attack followed the harder work of the afternoon and the men were sent to the locker building on a brisk run after a final half hour's rehearsal of signals...
Punting for some of the backfield men, a rehearsal of signals, a long drill in which particular attention was given to the perfection of the defence and a short scrimmage constituted the afternoon's work. The University team lined up against the second eleven for half an hour. No tackling was done but the men diagnosed each play and got to the runner as quickly as possible...