Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Yesterday's practice for the University team was short. The men were given light dummy scrimmage, signal drill, and practice in kicking off. The ground was in excellent condition and the practice was very fast...
...University baseball squad was given a long practice on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon, Coach Sexton devoting a great deal of time to instructing the candidates in the fine points of their positions. Special emphasis was laid upon the handling of ground balls. After the fielding practice Coach Sexton spent some time in teaching the fall-away slide. This play requires much practice, but as it is often the deciding factor as to whether a base-runner is out or safe, the instruction is valuable...
...nearly completed, and although no date has been fixed for the opening, it will probably be within the next month. The entire tube is now finished and the subterranean landing stages are ready for use, but there is still some work to be done upon the sections above ground. When work was begun upon this remarkable engineering project it was estimated that it would be nearly four years before it was completed. The Hugh Nawn Construction Company, in spite of two or three unlooked for delays has managed to bring the work almost to a finish in two years...
...signal drill. Potter was at the head of the University team again yesterday and it looks as though he would give Wigglesworth, last year's regular, a very hard fight for the position. Potter's passes to Smith were a feature of the practice and seldom failed to gain ground. Huntington was not on the field and his place at centre was taken by Storer. Milholland was also given a rest. Campbell replaced T. H. Frothingham at right halfback...
Captain Howe and Philbin were the surest men on the Eli team to gain ground. Holy Cross was greatly handicapped by the poor passing of her centre, which allowed the score to pile up higher than it otherwise would have...