Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University second hockey team, and the Freshman team,--held a stiff practice on the rinks of the Stadium yesterday afternoon. H. P. Trainer '15 had charge of the second team, which was on the ice for the first time since before the recess, while P. H. Smart '14 was directing the work of the Freshmen...
...second string men were given more attention than is customary, the coaches evidently wishing to fortify any weakness that injuries to the regulars would cause. The University substitutes also opposed the second team in a stiff scrimmage in which the second string backfield, composed of Whitney, McKinlock and King, with Watson at quarter, showed evidence of good line-plunging ability, and Whitney succeeded in putting two pretty drop-kicks over the bar, both, however, from an easy range...
...University team faced the second string men for a painstaking drill in formations, both defensive and offensive, that lasted for a long hour. Then all regulars who were on the semi-invalid list were taken out of the line-up and a stiff quarter-hour scrimmage was held between the two teams. The first string men were unable to score a touchdown, but four times advanced near enough to the goal-line to permit Mahan to essay drop-kicks. Of four attempts, three were successful, one being from the 42-yard line...
...University team faced the second string men for a painstaking drill in formations, both defensive and offensive, that lasted for a long hour. Then all regulars who were on the semi-invalid list were taken out of the line-up and a stiff quarter-hour scrimmage was held between the two teams. The first string men were unable to score a touchdown, but four times advanced near enough to the goal-line to permit Mahan to essay drop-kicks. Of four attempts, three were successful, one being from the 42-yard line...
...University football team, after two days spent in the hardest kind of scrimmaging against the second team, the Freshmen, and the Canadians was given light practice yesterday afternoon. The line-men, however, had a fairly stiff drill in offensive tactics, the men lining up against each other and attempting to break through. Pennock, who took part in this work, twisted his bad knee just at the end of the session. Although he was able to walk later in the afternoon it is not likely that he will play in the Pennsylvania State game. Logan ran through signals with the team...