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Dates: during 1910-1919
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After the usual warming-up preliminaries, the line coaches took their charges to a corner of the field and gave them a stiff drill against the seconds, while the backs and ends of Team A and B opposed each other in a light scrimmage. After a half-hour of this, the University lined up against the second team and went through 45 minutes of hard play which resulted in a 12 to 0 shut-out for the black eleven. Captain Mahan featured the scrimmage by lifting a perfect drop-kick from the 50-yard line, and on another occasion, when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL TEAM PRIMED FOR TOMORROW'S GAME | 10/22/1915 | See Source »

...stiff practice game was played yesterday afternoon between Team A and Team B of the Freshman squad. Team B held team A throughout the scrimmage to one perfect drop-kick by Bond until the last minute when Bond crossed the line for Team A's only touchdown. Team B gained almost as much ground as team A which seemed out of form after the game with Andover last Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First 1919 Football Team is Hard Pressed | 10/20/1915 | See Source »

...University association football team held a stiff practice for an hour and a half on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon against Team B, winning by a score of 2 to 0. Although only three of last year's players are left this year, the team is progressing rapidly, and should put up a strong offensive in the remaining games. The first league game will be held at Princeton on November 6, the day of the Princeton football game. A training table for the team will start at the Varsity Club on Monday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEN GAMES ON SOCCER SCHEDULE THIS YEAR | 10/20/1915 | See Source »

...from the stiff work of the past two days the University football team was given a very light practice yesterday afternoon. The preliminaries consisted of the usual talk in the Locker Building, a rather prolonged punting drill for the backs and ends, and some light charging practice for the lines-men. Captain Mahan did practically all the punting, Horween and Robinson being off the kickers' list with sprained ankles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL MEN HAD EASY WORK | 10/14/1915 | See Source »

...football squad went through a stiff practice yesterday afternoon culminating in a scrimmage between the first and second teams, which lasted over an hour. In the preliminary practice a backfield composed of Mahan, King, and McKinlock ran through the signals, but neither of the first two took part in the scrimmage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL SQUAD WAS GIVEN HARD SCRIMMAGE YESTERDAY | 9/30/1915 | See Source »

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