Word: snap
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Tuesday morning every man who was in so early was waked by a loud rap on his door. A series of low groans came from the rooms and then the snap of many incandescent lights. Fifteen minutes later troops of men came hurrying into the dining room where breakfast was waiting on the table. The train for Cincinnati left at 7.20. During the morning there was the usual amount of sleeping and card playing and it was not till the announcement of dinner at Collumbus that the men really awoke. At 12.15 the train rolled into the station and when...
...half-back C. Brewer and Arnold both did fine work. The fact that Fennessy strained his neck early in the game threw the brunt of the work on these two men, and they did it well, maintaining their remarkable snap and precision throughout the game. Both tackled well, but each made one miss, of which Brewer's, though by far the most excusable since he never got his hands on his man, was the most costly. Both ran well, too, and Brewer's two sprint of 50 and 38 yards respectively were the longest of the game...
...Brewer; q. b. Fairchild; halves, Arnold and Hamlin; full back, Fennessy. At the outset the play was anything but encouraging. The men all played in a listless half-hearted way, until the coaches braced them up thoroughly. For the end of the season, however, there was too little snap, and a great ignorance of some of the points which should have been learned at the beginning of the year. The centre men break through fairly well but do not know what to do. In defence they not only fail to have a firm position, but do not even watch their...
...coaches should have credit for one thing, that they have taught the team to play with snap and readiness. The backs are quick to start and generally support one another well. Only one or two Worcester players broke through their interference with any regularity...
...practice on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon had a particular interest in the reappearance of Lake. He did not play for very long, but his presence seemed to add a good deal to the spirits of the team, for all played with a good deal of snap. Lake showed very much of his old vigor and at the end seemed no worse for his practice...