Word: fields
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Thursday afternoon, we had a combat exercise at Fresh Pond. This exercise, in extended order, was worked out on a large field. The maneuver consisted in the carrying out of rather complicated orders. Colonel Applin did not attend that exercise: his remarks, therefore, cannot apply to it. President Lowell, the Board of Overseers, and several officers of the U. S. Army and Navy observed all the phases of the maneuver. They were impressed, as I was myself, by the precision and regularity of all the movements and deployments, by the flexibility of the formations. The exercise gave me entire satisfaction...
Eleven innings were necessary yesterday afternoon before the Radio School nine was able to push across the runs which broke the tie, thus defeating the University in their sixth game of the season by a score of 8 to 5. As usual, unsteady work in the field and poor base-running contributed largely to the home team's downfall...
Severely crippled by the loss of R. E. Gross '19, University captain and shortstop, to the Fourth Officers' Camp, the baseball team will line up against the Radio School nine on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The sailors have had a very successful season, and will push the University players hard. They defeated the Freshmen a week ago by a score...
...showing made in the contest with the Elis was far from satisfactory, particularly in hitting, which has been regarded as the team's strong point throughout the preliminary engagements. On the other hand the nine displayed marked improvement in the field and with more practice will present a steady defence in the two remaining collegiate contests with Yale and Princeton...
...statement that men will be commissioned in the Field Artillery upon the completion of the R. O. T. C. course, Yale has succeeded in gaining no such recognition as this. The nearest approach to this is the fact that seniors having 'satisfactorily completed the course' will be classified as officer candidates and sent to a replacement camp immediately upon graduation...