Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Intensive training for the winter track squad got under way yesterday afternoon. Coach Bingham gave the men stiff trial runs for the first time this season, the distance men working out around the circular track while the sprinters practiced starts on the new straightaway...
...spite of their grilling contest with the University teams on-Thursday, Coach Tolbert sent his yearling squad through a stiff practice scrimmage this afternoon. Emphas's was laid on team-work, following up missed foul shots, and a speedier attack. The coaches worked especially at correcting the faults shown in the University contest. A few changes were made in the line-up, and during the last fifteen minutes Coach Tolbert made frequent substitutions in the two teams, so as to get the most effective combination to use against Tufts next Friday...
Starting the season last November with prospects which were none too bright, the yearling squad has since showed a very marked improvement, especially in its work during the last three weeks. The game with the University team yesterday was the last stiff practice before the opening of the season, and gave Coach Tolbert an opportunity to make a few minor shifts in preparation for the game with Water-town High next week...
Both the University and 1925 wrestling teams will start intensive training Monday. There will be elimination matches from that date, culminating in a final meet Saturday, January 14. The training table will open on the fifteenth. The Crimson faces a stiff schedule this year. The first meet will be January 21, though an opponent has not yet been definitely signed up. The following week the team will go to New York, where, for the first time, it will meet the strong Boys' Club team. The Club has defeated Columbia, and sporting critics state that it can be counted...
Coach Jedlinski believes that the contest with M. I. T. on March 1 will be a stiff one, as "Cyclone" Burns, Tech's coach, has a national reputation for winning teams. M. I. T. is especially strong in the lighter weights...