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Word: snapping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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Team A missed several chances to score and in general seemed to have less snap than the substitutes. The stick-work of both teams needs considerable improvement, but the team-play was better and the shooting quicker and more accurate: Judging by Yale's apparent lack of team-play in last Saturday's game, this seems to be the University's best chance to win next Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARD PRACTICE FOR SEVEN | 1/26/1915 | See Source »

...this style of game. Out of 19 attempted forward passes, only four were completed and five times certain scores were prevented by passes being intercepted. Boland, who had his first real tryout at quarter, displayed fair judgment and handled the ball well, but did not seem to get much snap into the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMING OPPONENTS SHOW WELL | 10/19/1914 | See Source »

...short scrimmage was hard fought and characterized by a snap and dash which bodes ill for the Princeton seven. The forwards followed the puck closely and shot hard and accurately, Willetts and Claflin offered a stonewall defence to Team B's attack, and each time broke up the opposing forwards' rush. Hopkins tallied the only score of the practice when he drove the puck into the net after Smart had passed it out directly in front of the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SNAP AND DASH IN PRACTICE | 1/23/1914 | See Source »

...becomes another in practice. Even in practice it is not perfectly elastic. For a student who finds that he wishes to concentrate in a field that does not require much work may find himself unable to make the change, because it is suspected that he is looking for a snap, even though he may be very anxious to work hard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications | 1/17/1914 | See Source »

...regulars had retired to give the substitutes a chance. The first string forwards showed considerable improvement in maintaining their formation and succeeded in keeping the play in the B. A. A. territory most of the time. The men as a whole are in good condition and played with considerable snap and dash. Smart scored the only point for the University after a pass from Curtis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO TRY AMHERST'S STRENGTH | 1/7/1914 | See Source »

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