Word: soft
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Since the regular diamond is still soft, the second team field was used. The ground was rough, prohibiting smooth fielding. Coach Sexton kept the pitchers in check, and only a few curves were used. Six pitchers and five catchers were each able to get several innings of work. H. R. Hitchcock '14, one of last year's first string pitchers who has been hitherto ineligible will soon report for regular work, materially strengthening the pitchers' corps. In a few days the candidates will be divided into first and second squads...
During the last two months men have been at work on the lacrosse grounds and part of the marsh lands at Soldiers Field. Heretofore the lacrosse field was too low and consequently was nearly always soft and muddy. This fault has now been remedied, an average of twenty inches having been made on four acres. This will make the plot one of the dryest and best at Soldiers Field...
Heretofore the lacrosse field was too low and consequently was nearly always soft and muddy. This fault has now been remedied, an average fill of 20 inches having been made on four acres. This will make the plot one of the dryest and best of the entire Soldiers Field...
Following this the substitutes downed the Freshmen 4 to 0 in a fifteen minute scrimmage. Both teams were so bunched in front of the goals that good shooting was impossible. The passing was poor, due largely to the soft condition...
...other ear-marks of good hockey were not in evidence save at rare intervals. The whole team appeared rather over anxious and unsteady, men getting away frequently with good chances to shoot only to lose the puck by overskating it. Some of this weakness was probably due to the soft condition of the ice, which must have hampered the players considerably in their skating as well as in their handling of the puck...