Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...concentrated his best material in the first line-up which seems likely to stay in very much its present form during most of the season. Chase at center is one of the cleverest stick handlers who has worn the Crimson in several years. Gross and Hamlen are both fast, slashing men down the ice and work well with each other as a scoring combination. Clark's aggressive play in the defense line may win him a place on the first outfit, but he will have the considerable task of replacing Ellison and Howard, both of whom are experienced quick puckmen...
...cause of this apathetic condition is difficult, to understand and is, without a doubt, extremely complex. It is probably found in other colleges. Perhaps the supposedly fast lives that we lead in this jazz and cynical generation are conductive to early maturity. Whatever the cause it seems that the indifference of the average student is losing for him some of the zest and tingle of life. He is an old man at twenty. --The Dartmouth...
...Touch football is the only athletic activity that brings members of all departments of the University together. It is the best of the so-called intramural sports. Played in the open air and requiring fast, clever action, without the incessant running of soccer and lacrosse, or the personal contact of football, the new game offers an ideal exercise for the fall. The unusual amount of interest displayed by undergraduates this year insures a firm backing for the sport in the future...
...multitude of formations the exact nature of which is concealed from the defense until almost the instant when the ball is put in play. This result could not be achieved if the team made all its moves from a standard formation, because the defense could move with, and as fast as the offense...
...Those who criticise the huddle should not base their criticism on the performance of poorly coached teams. A properly coached team huddles within three-yards of the ball and leaves the huddle fast. While they are in the huddle the quarterback is the only one to speak, and he merely gives the signal. Records show that the average number of plays in a game is as great with the huddle system as it was with the old system of calling signals, so the huddle does not slow up the game. As for stalling, the referee is near enough to know...