Word: secretly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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There will be light signal practice in secret this afternoon, 'beginning at 2.30 o'clock. Tomorrow afternoon the team will practice on Franklin Field, the athletic grounds of the University of Pennsylvania...
Yesterday's practice was still far short of what it should be, but on the whole was rather better than the secret work of Monday. The line showed more fight than it has exhibited for some time, although more than once the second got through for good gains. In a twenty five minute scrimmage, with many changes in both line-ups, the University eleven scored three touchdowns against the second...
...team has improved considerably, notably in the increased ability to analyze quickly the opponents' play. Poor team work has been one of the unavoidable results of the team's slow development, and it will be interesting to note from the play in today's game how far the secret practice of the last ten days has gone towards welding the eleven into a unit...
Yesterday's work was very ragged and the most unsatisfactory since secret practice began. The faults were those that have characterized the play throughout the season, and some of them, notably fumbling and unsteadiness in starting, were even more pronounced than usual. Much time and ground were lost in starting before the ball was snapped, and the frequent loss of the ball on fumbles by both elevens was a discouraging feature of the practice...
...first time in secret practice the second yesterday scored against the University eleven. The play was marred not only by slowness of the line, but also by fumbling and off-side play, the first eleven making several fumbles and being four times penalized for off-side. Once the second threw the University team back 5 yards, and made first down several times. Although the line-up lasted for 35 minutes, the University eleven was able to score only three touchdowns...