Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Practice for the Freshman football squad was stiff yesterday afternoon. It included the usual drill in running down under punts and practice in breaking through for Squad A were coached in the forward pass. A short blackboard talk by Coach Dewey for the first string men was followed by a period of work on the dummies. Then the team was drilled in formations, the players simply walking through the plays. After a snappy signal practice, a stiff twenty five minute scrimmage was held in which the men showed good form and speed...
...Felton, 3d, '13 and by T. H. Frothingham '13, who coached the ends and backs respectively. The men were given a long drill in the rudiments of the game including falling on the ball and tackling the dummy. After this the linemen were put through a stiff drill with the charging machine, and also practiced starting...
Yesterday saw the second day of hard work for the University football team. In the morning the practice was confined to signal drill, but in the afternoon there was nearly an hour's stiff play with the second team. Coach Haughton dispensed with the usual blackboard talk and dummy practice in the afternoon and after a very short signal drill with the whole squad, the University substitutes lined up against the second team. They played for about 20 minutes, when the University team went in and scored three touch-downs and two goals from the field in a 30-minute...
...Club defeated the Chatham team, of Ontario, Canada, in the Boston Arena last night, by the score of 8 to 3. Although the stick work of the Canadians was superior, and their skating power equal, to that of the Hockey Club's forwards, they were unable to penetrate the stiff Boston defence. The summary: BOSTON HOCKEY CLUB. CHATHAM. Hopkins, l.e. r.e., McLean, Higginbotham Winsor, l.c. r.c., Gilner, McLean Hicks, r.c. l.c., Miers Sortwell, r.e. l.e., Dennis Huntington, c.p. c.p., McDonald Graustein, Blackall, p. p., McRae, Gilner Gardner, g. g., Brisco...
...contest does not call for any exceptional literary ability. Average intelligence and persistent, Conscientious work are the only essentials. Finally, for the candidates that survive and become editors there is a solid satisfaction such as only the success in a stiff competition can give...