Word: player
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...tournament for the College championship will be played today at 2.30 o'clock between B. S. Prentice '05 and J. M. Morse '07. As both men rely on coming up to the net to win most of their points the playing should be fast. Prentice is the more experienced player, passes well, and is steady. Morse plays a fast, aggressive game but is weak in the back court...
...exaggeration and ill-directed utilization. Such occurrences as the explosive demonstrations by yachts aligned upon the last mile of boat races, demonstrations strictly forbidden by the course-regulations, and which render any communications in the boats themselves impossible; or the noisy attempts of crowds to disconcert a player who is essaying a place kick, or to rattle a pitcher at a critical moment, or of players themselves, who imitate the tactics of cheap professional teams with hysterical cacklings on and off the diamond,--these are sad signs of a decadent sportsmanship. To be sure, the true athlete will keep...
...from the players' and coaches' point of view I have never much believed in the value of organized cheering. In the first place, any player knows that he never hears any cheering except when it interferes with his hearing something else that he wants to hear. Whether or not it has a subconscious inspiring effect is perhaps difficult to say, but I do not think that any team with the proper spirit and properly trained would ever care as to how the spectators were treating them while they were on the field. Before the contest begins and during the time...
...long shots. On the whole, the stick-work and team play were good, despite the wet field. The chief weakness of the University team was that the defence did not adequately cover its opponents. Bennett, Outerbridge and Kibbey played the best game for Harvard; for Hobart, no one player noticeably excelled...
...penalties are provided for: 5 yards and 15 yards. After a fair catch has been made, time is to be taken out until the ball is again put in play. In a kick-out after a safety or touchback, if the ball goes out of bounds before striking a player, it must be kicked out again; if this occurs twice in succession, it shall be given to the opponents as out of bounds on the 85 yard line...