Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...backs; and in the Brown game a new weakness was present--wretched interference on end plays. On the defense the 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...
...last two weeks, was for the first time tried on the University eleven. Meier played well yesterday in both tackle positions, followed the ball closely and was sure in his tackling. LeMoyne's punting was uneven; his first kick was good for 50 yards, but at times he was slow in getting the kicks off and, as on Wednesday, allowed one to be blocked. Parkinson did not return to the scrimmage, and Hurley, Schoellkopf, and Hanley were among the other men laid off for a rest...
...cross-country runs are being held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting from the Locker Building at 4 o'clock. The men are divided into a fast and slow squad, and the runs vary from four to eight miles...
...interference being usually broken up before the runner had reached the line of scrimmage. But in spite of this the backs showed aggressiveness and a spirit of fighting for every inch after being tackled. There was marked hesitancy in getting ready for the signals which made the play slow at times...
...punting LeMoyne showed up fairly well, but he was too slow in getting the ball away, and some of the kicks were too high and lacked distance. There was a tendency on the part of the ends to overrun on kicks, but the tackles were generally able to prevent the ball being run back any considerable distance...