Word: foul
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spite of their grilling contest with the University teams on-Thursday, Coach Tolbert sent his yearling squad through a stiff practice scrimmage this afternoon. Emphas's was laid on team-work, following up missed foul shots, and a speedier attack. The coaches worked especially at correcting the faults shown in the University contest. A few changes were made in the line-up, and during the last fifteen minutes Coach Tolbert made frequent substitutions in the two teams, so as to get the most effective combination to use against Tufts next Friday...
...defense, short passing and back passing. Although the squad is still too large to judge accurately the candidates for the various positions, in the workouts so far Merriam has proved himself one of the speediest forwards on the squad and in addition is an accurate scorer from the foul line, while J. E. Bunting and J. L. Scully are also strong contenders for the forward berth. On the defense Samborski seems to be leading the race although Quivey and Loker will probably push him hard. TEAM A. TEAM B. Samuel Merriam, r.f. l.g., D. P. Loker J. E. Bunting...
...workout, but by resting his ankle this afternoon it is hoped that he will be in shape to answer the opening whistle tonight. If, however, he cannot start, Coach Wachter will use either Stevens or Greenberg at the forward berth, depending on Lowenthal to do the shooting from the foul-line...
...past two days Captain McLeish has been at the workouts practising foul shooting but as yet his ankle is not strong enough to allow him to scrimmage. He will, however, certainly be in shape for the first contest in January...
...ankle badly and probably will not be again able, to play until after Christmas. This, coupled with Captain McLeish's injury the day before has necessitated a radical last minute shift in the line-up. Since McLeish and Gordon are the only first string men capable of handling foul shots efficiently, Coach Wachter has found it necessary to bring up Pallo from the second team to one of the forward berths. This player, one of the most brilliant last winter until he was injured in mid-season, is one of the most accurate foul shooters out this fall and being...