Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...score is that the old football which to those of us who are not fresh from college knew and admired, is beyond resuscitation. A decade or two decades ago the field goal was an unusual method of scoring. Such a score was a result of the peculiar skill of a single player, and in the old days the skill of a single player was of much less importance than it is now. The teams worked without individual stars assuming any monopoly of usefulness or attention. Eleven men, working as a unit, crashed down the field in their march...
...means the star of a team which had won by united effort. The glorification of Brickley at the expense of his colleagues is justified because of the method of scoring. He did what the others could have done. He won the game by his own skill, and not merely as the man who chanced to carry the ball on the final rush...
...things considered, the University eleven, with the exception of the forward line, played a very good, hard game. Team-work has improved somewhat, but a thorough and instinctive knowledge of the game is not yet displayed in the rushes. Springfield, on the other hand, exhibited a great deal of skill in all departments, being especially excellent in passing...
...famous team-work program that pulled a victory out of the Princeton game last year. Yet there are one or two weak spots that must be strengthened before we shall see a real team. So far this season none of our opponents has been anywhere near our equal in skill or staying power; and until we do meet such teams, we cannot begin to feel confidence. There was something hopeful, however, in the revenge, cruel as it was, which the players wrung from Holy Cross after her touchdown. It was the fighting spirit that wins lost games...
...eleven is as yet uncertain and the new attack which is being developed has not yet been tried out against an eleven of first-rate strength. The weakest part of the team is undoubtedly the ends, both Avery and Carter showing lack of speed and defence skill. Other candidates for these positions are being developed under Hinkey and Bomeisler, the end coaches. The tackles will probably be Talbott and Pendleton while Captain Ketcham and Warren with Martin will make up the centre of the line for the present...