Word: hards
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Before the scrimmage, Foster and Newhall tried punting, under the direction of Coach Brown, while Gray, Lincoln, Grosvenor, Tweed, Starr and Taylor practiced catching the ball and running it back. The University team linemen had a long, hard practice in blocking and breaking through, under the direction of Coach Blagden. Parker and Newhall kicked several excellent goals from the field, the former from placement and the latter on drop kicks...
...quite so encouraging as that of the previous day, the first eleven scoring but one touchdown and a safety in a 12-minute scrimmage. The forward pass and the onside kick, however, were used to good advantage. Before the scrimmage the squad was given a rather long and hard practice, which possibly accounts for the low score. While the second squad was passing the ball around and punting, the first team men tried ralling on the ball, a point in which they still need practice. The backs and ends, under the direction of Coach Brown had a very long period...
...lecturer next described the training and daily routine of a life-saver. The men must pass civil service examinations and severe annual physical tests. The pay is small and the work proportionally hard, for two men are always on patrol duty at night and on foggy days, and no matter what the weather is, they must remain out four hours at a time. Frequent drills are held with the self-righting and self-bailing boats and with the breeches-buoy...
This period of his life, to use his own words, was one of utmost misery: By hard work and perseverance he won considerable personal distinction, and acquired many close friends, through whose influence was opened to him the political career which he then took up. Despite influential opposition at Galway he was elected in 1880 member of Parliament for that constituency. In 1885 he returned for Galway and Liverpool and has since returned...
...October 3. - In the intercollegiate tennis tournament today Pell defeated Tilden of Pennsylvania, and will thus meet Leroy of Columbia in the final round tomorrow. Gordon of Princeton was easily defeated by Leroy. In the doubles Wells and Spaulding of Yale beat Lovering and Dabney. The latter played a hard uphill game, but lacked steadiness at critical times...