Word: squad
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...cross country squad, which reported this week, is made up largely of veteran material with some of the most promising runners the University has had in several years. This means that the track team should be strengthened considerably in those events in which it has been weak before, the mile and the two-mile runs...
...slowly, deliberately, working with infinite capacity for detail. It's a slow-grinding mill sometimes. The results may be dilatory and alarming; the preliminary games may often cause nightmare; even late October may afford food for foreboding; but in the end the system will have its way and a squad of men clad in crimson jerseys--among other garb--will appear upon the sore November turf, with at least one asset: they will be football players...
...Hardwick '15, M. J. Logan '15, W. H. Trumbull '15, and D. J. Wallace '16. Coach P. D. Haughton '99 will not be in Cambridge for the first few days of practice, but he is expected to take charge soon after the season is under way. A squad of over a hundred men is expected to return for early work...
...freshmen left for Gales Ferry the same time as the university squad did, and faithful work has been done there ever since. Much credit is due to the second freshman eight, which has acted as a trial horse for the first crew all season...
...practice of two university boats, which continued until cold weather set in. Contrary to former years no fall races were held, and the entire time was spent on conditioning the men. Spring practice opened with full blast in February, when indoor work was commenced for the university and freshman squads. The size of the university squad was about the same as usual, but a greater number of freshman candidates reported than ever before. Weather conditions were the poorest of all years this season, and the indoor work was continued until April, which was the earliest time that the crews were...