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Word: skillful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...another and upon whom Yale pins considerable faith, but he was hurt in a scrimmage this week and will be out of the game for over a month. Lynch and Commerford of the and squad are being tutored in the kicking game and to date have shown considerable skill. Even at this stage of the practice they are far ahead of any vansity kicker of Captain Wilson's team. Neville and Legore have made great strides in the drop-kicking department and all during the week have booted the leather over the cross bar at distances anywhere from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEAKNESSES IN YALE SQUAD SHOWN BY EARLY PRACTICE | 9/26/1916 | See Source »

...recent years the committee has made few important changes, but from time to time have added features designed to insure greater safety from injuries and to lay more stress on football as a game of skill, speed, and efficiency rather than as a contest of brute strength...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ETHICS OF THE GAME. | 6/19/1916 | See Source »

...done quickly and powerfully. The author might be suspected to have been recently diving into Russian novelists, but if this is the result of any such reading, it is to be highly commended. Perhaps equally successful is O. W. Larkin '18 in "Imagination in a Pawnshop," which with the skill and the tantalizing of Frank Stockton Smith leaves us in anything but a satisfied frame of mind, but we are convinced that this author can write...

Author: By F. E. P. jr., | Title: Prose Standard High in Advocate | 6/9/1916 | See Source »

Pennsylvania shut out Yale with but five hits in a 3 to 0 game, at Philadelphia Saturday. Garfield, the Eli twirler, pitched a strong game, all three tallies being tainted by errors by his support. The Quakers speed on the paths, combined with skill in sacrificing, gave them two of their counts, both of these resulting from the squeeze play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pennsylvania Shut Out Yale 3 to 0 | 6/5/1916 | See Source »

Captain Schindel, U.S.A., accompanied the Regiment and was very favorably impressed with the skill shown by individual members. He complimented the Regiment on the marked progress which it had made, and spoke of the valuable contribution which such an organization makes toward American preparedness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUNDAY'S REGIMENTAL MARCH PROVED HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL | 5/23/1916 | See Source »

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