Word: player
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Randall, who will be unable to accompany the team on account of examinations, will be a serious handicap. With Gilles at right forward, however, the team should be somewhat steadied in spite of the fact that he has played only two nights. K. Smith at centre is the weakest player at present, partly on account of his changing from forward to centre. Bigelow, substitute for Story at left forward, is not up to his usual standard. Most of the work will probably come on the guards. Hanavan and Fosdick. Their work, fortunately is fast for this time of season...
...worst fault is that of loosing his head at critical moments. Both Carr and Clothier in the back field are apt to leave their positions, and thus give an opening to the opposing forwards, Litchfield, at goal, plays fairly steadily, and if properly supported, would develop into a consistent player...
...five. In the second half of the game, the two sets of forwards changed teams, and the regular forwards, playing on the second team, succeeded in scoring four times. Foster played brilliantly at left end on the first team, shooting six of the twelve goals; Stoddard, a former Yale player, proved the most valuable man on the second team...
...than a young student just out of preparatory school. I admit that men in graduate departments are usually older than men playing on college teams, but I consider this advantage a perfectly fair one, because college teams do not consider themselves on an equal footing with university teams. Every player on a university team considers it a personal disgrace to be beaten by a college team, whereas a college team generally expects to be beaten. This shows that there must be a difference in the personnel of a college and university team. The mere fact that one university...
Rule IX of the playing regulations was amended to allow the substitution of another player for one withdrawn from the game. The original rule provided that when a player was, for any reason, withdrawn from the game, a player from the opposite team should also be taken out in order to equalize the number on each side, no substitution being permitted...