Word: stick
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...constitution of the association was revised and new playing rules were adopted, the most important of which is declaring the play a foul "when the goal keeper is checked by the stick or body." It was also decided not to award a championship banner, either to Columbia or Harvard but to declare no championship team for the past season...
...undergraduates' defense was poor through inability to cover their opponents, but they improved in this respect toward the end of the game. The passing was rather accurate and the stick work fair, but a lack of team play was shown. Smith, Mitchell, Beane and Alvord played the best game for the University team; Breed and Taylor for the graduates...
Fifty-six candidates for the lacrosse team have been practicing on Holmes Field every afternoon for the last ten days and have so rapidly mastered stick-work that the goals were set up yesterday and a regular game played. Up to this time, however, very few Freshmen have come out, Several more are needed in order that a representative Freshman team may be formed to play in the interclass games next spring. For these games cups will be offered, and from the several class teams the University team will be selected...
...away firmly, and stuck together very well. This, however, was the only part of the work which showed any improvement. The line, although strong in defense, did not put enough life into the play and seldom broke through to open holes or block punts. The backs did not stick to their interference sufficiently, gained little ground through the line, and made several costly fumbles...
...trouble in gaining through the second and in stopping plays, but the unsteadiness of the line and fumbles kept the score down. The work of the backs in line-bucking showed the result of the recent coaching. The end runs, however, were poorly executed and the interference did not stick together...