Word: drilled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Save for a short punting drill outside on the slushy practice field, most of the afternoon's workout was confined to Briggs Cage. There the red-shirted A and B teams topped off their routine chores with a spirited 40 minute farewell offensive on the dummy bags...
...major portion of the drill again consisted of running off plays on the bags--to the tune of one hour. The last 15 minutes were under the lights. The passing yesterday was only mediocre, and the practice as a whole was not as satisfactory as Monday...
Frannie Lee displaced Joe Gardella at wingback in signal drill. Joe has been bothered by a number of bruises sustained in the Princeton game which have slowed him up considerably. Since Harlow wants to have his plays run at top speed during signals, he is giving Lee the call for the sessions. This does not mean, however, that Lee will rate the whistle over Joe on Saturday...
Yesterday was a rest day for many of the varsity football squad members, but for Captain Torbie Macdonald it was a return to the gridiron wars. The fleet Crimson leader was still favoring his injured leg, but he went through the entire afternoon drill with the team...
Under blunt Police Superintendent Louis F. Guerre, State troopers tramped into the office of David M. Ellison, Attorney General. Capt. J. A. Holliday called out his militia, saying "it was nothing but a drill." By these martial hints, Ellison learned he was no longer Attorney General. Governor Long had decided after four months that Ellison had taken his oath of office illegally. Also ousted was the first assistant, bald, old Kingfish-worshipping James O'Connor. Next day Ellison, with a straight face, remarked that Long had done him a "favor," withdrew from the January 16 primary as opposition candidate...