Word: picks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...important that every man who has had experience at either kind of shooting, should come forward in the matches, so that the match committee may know what material is at hand from which to pick teams...
...future. While our prospects for next year can as yet scarcely be considered, we believe that our whole system of training university foot-ball teams will have to be greatly improved before we can reasonably hope to gain the championship. We must have more trained players to pick from, we must have more and harder practice, and we must keep good men at work all through their course. Then in time we shall have much better results from just such material as we now have, but which at present is not made use of nor encouraged. The last events...
...could wear an ivory tooth-pick on my nose...
...Haven men made an attempt at a "Rah, Rah !" but it sounded so lonesome that the attempt was not repeated during the rest of the afternoon. A pretty play by Robinson and Farewell, of the Yale team, won applause even from the men on the opposing side. Robinson picked up the ball near the centre and started on a run for the goal. He didn't get far before a Columbia man tackled him in good form and compelled him to drop it. Farewell managed to pick the ball out from the struggling heap of humanity, and by handsome running...
...could wear an ivory tooth-pick on my nose...