Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After a short work-out on Soldiers' Field yesterday afternoon, featured by punting practice and fast signal-drill, the first-year men were sent in to rest up for today's game...
Several scrimmage sessions have been held during the week in preparation for this afternoon's encounter, in which Coach E. L. Casey '19 of the Freshman team predicts a hard struggle with the fast schoolboys, who have not been scored on this season...
Rabbi Kornfeld, President Harding's friend and onetime (1921) Minister to Persia, proved himself a sympathetic latitudinarian on Yom Kippur, most solemn of Jewish days. Continuing his own fast, he fixed Shortstop Cohen a nourishing snack and sent him forth to play shortstop for Buffalo...
...again helped every New York run. In the first inning, when New York made two runs, Pitcher Meadows deflected a ground ball away from Second Baseman Rhyne, who then played tag with it while the batter reached first safely. Batter Gehrig hit a fly to left field which a fast left fielder might have reached but which Pittsburgh Outfielder Barnhart could not touch. In the eighth inning New York made six more runs, including a home-run by Batter Ruth with two men on base. With good fielding, however, Batter Ruth never would have come to the plate. Pitcher Meadows...
French started his first game at quarterback, and ran the team with good generalship for the most part. In him the coaches may have found the solution of the quarterback problem. The Junior back is fast, can kick, and is a star pass receiver. His chief weakness Saturday was his inability to handle punts. His confusion with the Purple ends swarming down the field was evident...