Word: stick
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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During the winter there will be light practice in the cage, consisting chiefly of stick work. As soon as the weather permits, the class teams will be formed and it is expected that the interclass series will be played off before the Easter vacation...
...Crescent Athletic Club lacrosse team defeated the University team Saturday afternoon, 10 to 8. The game was marked by better team play than in previous games. On the attack the stick work of the men was very good, but some nervousness was shown in front of the goal, where too much passing was done. The weak points of the team were on the defense. The men were inclined to draw out too much, and they failed to use their bodies when their opponents had the ball, allowing the latter to slip around them. Penhallow and Alvord gave the best exhibition...
Fifty candidates for the lacrosse team practiced yesterday afternoon on Divinity Field for the first time this year. The men were divided into University and Freshmen squads, and under the direction of F. B. Taylor 3L. and R. H. Grimes 3L., were coached in work with the sticks. Practice will be confined to stick work until the candidates become accustomed to it. Within a few days the squads will go to Soldiers Field...
...University hockey team played practice games yesterday with the Seniors and Freshmen, made in all about 25 goals, and prevented its opponents from scoring. The improvement in speed, stick work and shooting was very noticeable, and there was not so much nervousness and inaccuracy as was shown in the Brown game. The defensive players showed good judgment, and were much more reliable than hitherto. Rumsey, Winsor and Pruyn played brilliantly together and individually, and shot goals accurately throughout...
...largely to individual effort, and brought out the fact that there is still too much crowding in scrimmages. This has been the main fault of the team throughout the year, and now remains practically the only one that has not been remedied. The men, however, have developed in rapid stick-work and in accuracy in passing and shooting, which balances in some measure their principal weakness...