Word: speed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University basketball team was defeated by Yale in the Hemenway Gymnasium last evening by the score of 22 to 8. The University team was completely overwhelmed at the start by the speed and team-play exhibited by its opponent, the score at the end of the first six or seven minutes standing 6 to 0 in favor of Yale. From that point to the end of the first half Yale's superiority was manifest in all departments of the game, the period ending with the score 16 to 4 against the University team. In the second half the play...
...being the battery candidates for the University and Freshman teams. The work was short and of an elementary nature, consisting in slow pitching under the direction of Coach Pieper. This will continue for a short time until the men are well conditioned, when more attention can be given to speed and control...
Though this is the Freshmen's first game, the chances of their winning are favorable. During the last week's practice they have improved much, having shown a great deal of speed, and although rather light, they should become, in time a really good team...
...University team has had less than a week's practice on the ice since the recess, but the work this week, although for two days only, has been excellent. The men have speed and endurance, but their team play is very ragged at times. The defence however, has proved consistently strong, and has allowed few scores...
...Brien first explained the principle of jiu-jitsu and showed that the success of any grip depended solely on the leverage gained by the expert. The entire science is a knowledge of the laws of balance and equilibrium. There is not great strength needed; speed is the essential quality. He then illustrated various methods of fighting and throwing, among them a trick to prevent an antagonist from drawing a revolver, or from firing it once it is drawn. In concluding he showed several ways of breaking the best known wrestling holds...