Word: poore
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Because of the failure of the men on the Roxbury team to cover their opponents the University forwards were able to advance the puck almost at will, but they often failed to score because of poor shooting. The passing of the university team showed little improvement, and most of the points were made through individual work. Although the men followed back better than at any time this season they seldom kept their position when near their opponents' goal. The team showed great improvement in body checking., Owing to the inability of the Roxbury forwards to keep possession of the puck...
Yesterday afternoon the University hockey team practiced at the Brae Burn Country Club. No regular scrimmage was held on account of the poor ice which made accurate passing impossible. There was the usual goal shooting practice by the forwards and work in stopping the puck by the point and goal, followed by a 35-minute practice in which the forwards attempted to score against the defense. The latter repeatedly stopped the puck and excelled the forwards in playing together and general understanding of the game...
...poor practice in the Gymnasium last evening, the University basketball team defeated the second team by the score of 31 to 3. Although the University team had no difficulty in scoring on the second team, the play was listless and the players showed a tendency to disregard many minor rules which would result in penalties in a regular game...
...been equally deficient in this respect the score would probably have been reversed. The rough and dirty condition of the ice undoubtedly accounted to some extent for the crude work of the University team. The play of the Princeton team, which had not held practice for ten days, was poor and erratic in many of the respects in which the work of the University team was weak...
Many phenomenal stops were made by Ivy at goal. He was the only player on the University team who was not confused by the poor ice and the closeness of the score. Willetts played fairly well, but Dr. Newhall at coverpoint played too far out from his position and often allowed the Princeton forwards to pass him. Pell was extremely slow in following back and M. Newhall at the opposite end did not make sufficient use of the sides. Macleod seldom followed in on Townsend's long shots for goals...