Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whole the Freshmen played fairly well for their first game, but the team is still weak on the defensive and the ends were rather slow in running down kicks and in breaking up interference. The backs played aggressively. Mahan did some fast work in the open field and McKinlock proved himself a consistent ground gainer through the line...
...signal practice. In spite of the fact that great attention has been paid to the development of the forward pass during the past week, the ends show no particular improvement in holding the ball. On the whole, however, the team shows a lot of snap, the backfield being especially fast. Last year the Freshmen defeated Groton...
Teams A and B then lined up for scrimmage, the ball being given to the former in the centre of the field. Lyman was used for good gains through the line and Mahan did some fast work around end, finally enabling McKinlock to make the first score of the day. The backs proved fast throughout play and team B had hard work to make even a pretense of a stand against them. Team A's second score was made after a number of line plays and two successful forward passes from McKinlock to Watson...
After the usual passing, blocking and charging practice teams A and B ran through fast signal drill; Mahan, McKinlock, and Miller in the backfield for team A played well together. Special attention was given to the development of the forward pass...
Judging from the prospects at this time, the crew next June will be lighter than in previous years; but, since there is so much experienced material to draw from, none the less fast...