Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Sophomore team shows slow development. In signal practice the plays ran off well enough, but in a scrimmage all team work was absent...
Sortwell at quarterback has shown no great promise. He is slow in running and uncertain in catching punts. He is a hard worker, however, and has the confidence of his backs more than any other candidate for the position...
...have not as yet shown the speed and aggressiveness which would enable them on the defense to break through and stop plays or on the offense to open the way effectually for their own backs. Sugden, Carrick and Wilder, at centre and in the guard positions, are heavy, but slow. Meier, who has in the last two weeks been tried at left tackle, has been effective in defense and quick on the offense; he is likely to retain a position in the line. Through Robinson's injury, the team has lost a very capable candidate...
...have rowed together the crew as a whole is not up to the standard of the first crew of last year. The blade work is fairly good, but the men do not seem to get any drive to their strokes. In addition to these faults the recovery is too slow and there is a tendency to rush the slides...
...first Newell crew has shown a marked improvement in its work this week. The blade work is good, and the men control their slides fairly well. They are, however, rather slow at the start and finish...