Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman football practice yesterday, which was the longest yet held, the first eleven made a decidedly poor showing. The second team, although much lighter, not only forced the first to kick continually but also proved strong on the offense. Gilder secured the only touchdown made by the first team, on a line hurdle at the close of the practice. McDonald made a touchdown for the second by securing the ball on a fumble by Pell on the second's one-yard line, and running the whole length of the field...
Football practice began on Monday, September 19, with a squad of twenty men; since that time the squad has been increased to fifty-five candidates. The material, although lighter than in previous years, is fast and the outlook for the team is fairly bright. Of last year's team the following are eligible to play: Captain Hogan, Kinney, Roraback, Owsley, Bowman, Rockwell, Shevlin, Hare and Bloomer. Among the new candidates, the following seem to be the most promising: Quill, Tripp, Cates, Roome, Stevenson, H. Turner, Kineon and L. Hoyt. The first game, with Wesleyan, although won by a score...
...continually to resort to kicking. The secondary defence was also strong, doing such good work that Williams was able to gain first down but three times. In offensive play the University backs, lined up in the tandem formation, worked well together, and rarely failed to gain through the somewhat lighter opposing line...
...experience in the rudimentary points of the game. Of the seven places which will have to be filled this fall, five are in the line and two in the backfield. From the material at present available for these positions it would seem that the eleven next fall must be lighter than usual and that speed must be relied upon rather than strength for the development of a successful team...
...eleven, but as the candidates for the vacant places have all had considerable experience in the rudimentary work of the game, the development of team-play need not be delayed until late in the season. So far as can be seen at present, the team will be lighter than usual, so that speed and strength rather than weight will have to be relied upon for the development of a successful eleven...