Word: light
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman football candidates were given a long practice yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field. All the men were divided into squads and practiced kicking, passing and falling on the ball. Afterwards several elevens were formed and run through light signal practice, while most of the linemen were directed in breaking through. No scrimmages will be tried for a few days, in order that the men may become well grounded in the rudimentary points of the game...
...University team often failed to fall on the ball properly. The quarterback kick was used but little. On the offense the University team was weak at first, but braced later, while the secondary defense was at all times very strong. The Bowdoin team was extremely fast, but too light to make steady gains through the line...
...material which has thus far reported for the University football team is on the whole far too light. Indeed, the material for line positions has been so scant that we have been unable to try out much of the material for other positions. Everybody who weighs over 150 pounds ought to be out. The undergraduate body as a whole should see that such men come out and in this way they will help us out of our present difficulty. HATHERLY FOSTER...
Nearly 120 candidates for the Freshman football team began work yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field under the direction of J. L. Derby '08. The practice was very light, consisting principally in passing the ball and in starting when the ball was put in play...
...work of the squad during the next few days will be light, and no scrimmage will take place until the latter part of the week...