Word: play
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon the University scored one touchdown on the second team. The scrimmage was hard, and wigglesworth, who was in O'Flaherty's place at quarterback, ran the first team hard. P. D. Smith was on the field dressed to play, but only did light work. Corbett, Frothingham and O'Flaherty were given a rest, none of them taking part in the scrimmage...
...University football squad was given a long scrimmage in the Stadium yesterday afternoon. The work of the first squad was rather lifeless; the line was slow and the backs failed to pick their holes. Smith was not dressed and it has been decided that he cannot play in scrimmages until Monday. His injury is not serious, however. Corbott was on the field but took only a slight drill in kicking; Minot is fast rounding into shape and it is expected that he will be out soon...
...parade has been planned by the Student Council as the great pictorial feature of the inauguration. An ample supply of outfits of torch, sash and red fire has been provided, and, as we explained on Monday, the price has been set at the lowest possible figure. A band will play on the march from the Yard and some of the familiar football songs will be sung. At Soldiers Field there will be a series of evolutions, an elaborate display of fire-works, with a final torchlight march around the top of the Stadium. President Lowell and his guests will occupy...
...Haven, Conn., October 5, 1909.--Yale will play the third game of its schedule this afternoon with Holy Cross. The Holy Cross team is not up to the Standard of their teams in past years, and is very light. Yale has improved considerably in the two days of practice since the Syracuse game...
...Haven, Conn., October 4, 1909.--After the usual preliminary practice in starting, catching punts and tackling, a scrimmage was held between the university team and the college eleven, the former scoring ten points. Field made both touchdowns. The features of the play were Deming's punting, Goebel's work in the line, and a 40-yard run by Philbin around right end. In a 15-minute scrimmage the freshmen held the second college eleven to no score. Captain Coy appeared on the field for the first time since his illness, but he took no active part in the practice...