Word: short
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other hand, availed herself of every opportunity, simply outgeneralling Dartmouth in her knowledge of the game. In the second half, a kicking game was begun at once, and when Dartmouth was forced to punt, her backs were so exhausted that the ball either was blocked or fell short. Inability to catch a punt, on the part of Crolius was also directly responsible for the safety scored during this half...
...downs and Crolius missed Haughton's punt which rolled over the line. Eckstorm falling on it for a safety. Cabot caught the kick out and Cochrane failed at a place goal from the 45 yard line. After an interval of gains and losses on both sides, Eckstorm made a short punt which Cochrane caught fair on the 10 yard line, and from which he kicked an easy goal. Eckstorm kicked off, and after a series of unsuccessful rushes by Dartmouth, Bouve blocked Crolius's punt and Wheeler fell on the ball on the 8 yard line. Rushes by Dibblee, Donald...
...selected partly on their past record, and treated with a novel tenderness, shall let up in their individual efforts, and fall into fatally listless habits. The other is that the coaches, unconsciously influenced by the same radical change, shall fail to infuse enough energy into the signal practice and short line-ups. After all the real object of the change is this-to get the chance to train the same men together until they can be turned into a perfect machine. Of course then, if practice be short, it must be so much the better in quality...
...Freshman football squad continued their regular practice Saturday afternoon. The men lined up against each other in squads and practiced signals and breaking up interference. After the practice the men were taken on a short cross-country...
...Century Magazine has recently made an offer to bestow annually three prizes of $250 each for the best short story, poem, or essay submitted by college men within one year after graduation. The first set of graduates to be eligible for the prizes will be members of last June's classes...