Word: squads
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Columbia squad arrived last night and went directly to the Hotel Victoria. The crew will row this morning at 10 o'clock, and also this afternoon. This will be the first chance to get the order of the crew as it will race against Harvard, for it has been changed repeatedly in the last few days. The University management will extend the use of the "Veritas" to Coach Rich for both the morning and afternoon rows of the Columbia crew...
...team has had an excellent chance for development this spring, as outdoor practice began early. The University squad was picked from the work of the men in the interclass games. The defence, which is composed of veteran players, is good, and the attack has improved rapidly. The southern trip, in which the strong teams of the Southern League will be played, will give the University team a thorough...
...last spring football practice was held yesterday afternoon. For the past three weeks the squad has been drilled systematically in the fundamental points of the game. Coach Haughton and Captain Fish have been assisted by C. D. Daly '01, H. E. Kersburg '07, B. Moore '08, and other graduates, in addition to a number of Seniors. Each coach had charge of a certain squad, drilling the men in some special point...
...first week was spent in light practice to get the squad into condition. Special attention was given to falling on the ball, starting, passing and tackling the dummies. At the beginning of the next week the whole squad was divided into four scrub teams with regular captains and coaches. Certain plays were given the teams, and the first scrub game was played on April 7. For the first few days the games were short, but they were gradually made longer; yesterday the scrimmage lasted 45 minutes. The practice during the past week was some-what hindered by the failure...
...furnish the first real opportunity to see how the track team is developing under the direction of Coaches Donovan and Quinn. All winter we have been hearing most discouraging reports about the quantity and quality of the available material and about the ineligibility of various prominent members of the squad on account of probation. Now that the April hour examinations have settled the question of eligibility for the rest of the year, and settled it favorably for many of the doubtful men, the members of the University will be able to see what their team is going to amount...