Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With only two more days of practice before the game with Worcester on Saturday, Coach Campbell again sent the Freshman football squad through a stiff gruelling drill. A long session of tackling the dummy was first in order. The linesmen were then given intensive instruction in line charging and in breaking through while backs and ends were divided into squads for a long practice in punting, going down under kicks and taking out ends. This was followed by stiff signal practice in which the various forward pass formation the yearlings will use were especially emphasized...
Coach Slattery devoted most of yesterday's drill to instructing his men in batting in preparation for today's practice game with the State Street Trust Company's nine. Players have had the tendency to be too stiff at the plate and Coach Slattery is working to improve their form and to loosen up their swing...
Yearlings Have Stiff Scrimmage...
...hard scrimmage was the feature of yesterday's practice for the first squad. After a stiff session of preliminary work in which the line practiced offensive charge and breaking through, while the backs and the ends received instruction in forward passes, two teams were sent on the field. Since it was only the second scrimmage of the season, neither side worked very smoothly, and although several end runs were made for long gains, both teams were unable to gain consistently through the line. Punting was resorted to by both sides, the only score being made when a team...
...spite of the heavy rain the University second football team went through a stiff practice yesterday. The team has been materially strengthened by the addition of C. A. C. Eastman '22 who was on the first squad last year but is ineligible this year. The scrubs are fast rounding into shape for the game with the Boston Submarine Base team on Friday, October...