Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tallied for the second team, driving the puck in from a mix-up near the goal. The University men were too fast on their skates for the second team, and broke away frequently only to lose a chance to score by weak shooting. The scrubs, however, put up a stiff fight and rushed the puck into the opposite danger zone several times. Percy played very effectively for the University, while Captain Appleton and Rice did well on the second seven. Captain Morgan was excused from practice again yesterday...
...stiff work-out featured the practice of the relay teams yesterday. After a run of about half a mile, the short distance team practiced taking corners and then ended up with a two-lap sprint. The long distance team ran 390 yards at a good clip and later covered twelve laps with fast work for the last...
...University football team, there arose a problem vastly different from that to be solved last year. Unlike the candidates for Captain Brickley's eleven, the men who reported to Captain Mahan were for the most part very inexperienced, comparatively untutored in the rudiments of the game. With an exceptionally stiff schedule ahead, then, the problem confronting Coach Haughton last September was quickly to whip an eleven into shape and at the same time to drill fundamentals into a "green" squad. A kind Providence has proved lenient in keeping small the injured list, but the history of the season to date...
...scoreless scrimmage, when darkness made handling the ball impossible, the line was kept for a stiff drill in blocking and breaking through, while the backs had a hard run about the Stadium...
...Nostrand, last year's freshman quarterback, has been declared eligible and joined the squad today. The same plan of stiff, individual drill with special coaching will be continued today and tomorrow...