Word: game
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University team had half an hour's secret practice yesterday afternoon before leaving for Philadelphia. The men went through the work briskly and seemed to be in excellent condition to stand the strain of Saturday's game. An innovation introduced was practice in lunging. The men stood in line and at the signal of a pistol shot lunged forward at full length. It is expected that this new mode of practice, though somewhat tardy in its introduction, will be of service to the linemen when playing low on the defense. In the fifteen minutes of sharp signal practice which followed...
Nothing but light signal practice will be done today in order that every man may be in the best possible condition for the game...
...game should prove close and interesting, because the Senior eleven is heavier and better trained than usual, and the Freshmen are not so far along as the time they have been playing should warrant. The Seniors have made two changes in their line-up. Shaw has gone from guard to fullback in place of Brown, who was injured in Tuesday's game, and Heath has taken Shaw's place. The Freshmen will line-up as they did against the Sophomores, with the exception of Greydon who will play guard instead of Wright...
...substitutes, numbering thirty men, will leave the car barn on Boylston street at 3.40 o'clock, today, to go to Philadelphia. In accordance with a long established custom, it is proposed to have the undergraduates assemble to cheer them off. If all who expect to attend the class football game, which begins at four o'clock, will stop at the car barn on their way to the field, enough men can be collected to insure a hearty send...
...successful in shaking off tacklers after his interference had gone to pieces. Fincke, who played in Daly's place at quarter, showed great improvement in his work. A. R. Sargent played guard in place of Boal, who has, however, entirely recovered from the injury he received in the Amherst game and will play on Saturday...