Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second day or preparation for Army's eleven went by in uneventful manner yesterday, as Dick Harlow ran two teams through signal drill, and them with considerable revision, put them through a sledge of stationary scrimmage...
...search fro 11 durable men to take the brunt of the attack of the military machine; Harlow was handicapped by the continued absence in Stillman of Maser and Adzigian. The tackles of the A team during signal drill were Mike Adils, recently raised from the Jayvees, and John Cabitor, but little significance was attached to this revision...
...teams were drilled in the Army style of attack for part of the session, by facing an all-star backfield composed of Mike Plam, Wes Fesler, Jimmy Dunu and Clark Reddard. Signal drill, pass defence, and the stationary serimmage took up the rest of the period...
...Harlow and his staff have not allowed the highly touted invaders to disturb their steady striving for polish and dash in execution of the rudiments of the game. Drill for speed was prominent yesterday, and no matter what the result is on Saturday, it is certain that the future will see a team showing persistent improvement in the game...
Production difficulties for the Gershwin opera have been to teach the Harlem Negroes a Southern accent, to drill by ear those who were unable to read a note, to help some members of the cast decide on names which will look imposing in the program. Great advantage has been the fact that none of the singers was handicapped at the start by having real grand opera ways. The principals, Porgy and Bess, have never sung on the stage before. Bess is one Anne Browne, a product of the Juilliard School of Music. Porgy is Todd Duncan, a Gershwin discovery from...