Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Twenty-three crews in all making a total of 184 men, rowed during a period of three weeks. Of this number fully one-half were green material and many had never been in a shell before. No regular training rules were enforced, but some of the crews trained on their own account. With this small amount of practice and the inevitable irregularity of attendance the development of the crews is very creditable, both to the coaches...
Yesterday after a short period of punting, the University team ran through easy signal practice. The men left Cambridge at 4 o'clock on a special car, and took the 4.50 boat train for Fall River. They will return to New York immediately after the game and spend the night at the Murray Hill hotel, leaving on the 10.03 train tomorrow morning for Boston...
...forward pass with great success. Although the weather was rather warm, the men on the first eleven played an extremely hard game, not once failing to gain their distance. On the defensive the work was by far the best yet shown in practice, for in a 15-minute period of supplementary scrimmage, after the real game, the second eleven was allowed to keep game, the second eleven was allowed to keep possession of the ball, and never succeeded in gaining 10 yards in three downs. In this part of the game Osborne showed up particularly well, often breaking through...
This afternoon, after a short period of secret work, there will be the usual long open practice...
...team usually gets strong support only at the end of the season, but it needs just as much in the middle of the schedule, during the formulative period. What the team wants is good support without criticism. Last year there was a great deal of grumbling and criticism, and the coaches were accused of favoritism. You men must feel confidence in the coaches, and trust us to pick the team. If anyone has any criticism to make, let him make it direct to head-quarters, and an explanation will be given him. The team this year is typical of Harvard...