Word: stilling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Parliamentary govt. no more of a success. - (1) Home Rule Bill in England. - (2) Experience of Italy, France and Germany. - (c) Administrative work no improvement. - (1) Written reports as good as speeches: Morrill, p. 422. - (2) Members of Cabinet can not answer detailed questions offhand. - (3) Business still controlled' by committees: Nation...
...early experience peculiarly fitted him to take such a part. For six years he played on the Yale 'varsity eleven, of which he was twice captain, and he was in every Harvard and Princeton match during that time. When he was finally forced to give up play, he still retained a keen interest in football, and was a warm supporter of the game before it was as firmly established in popularity as it is today. His chief field of action, however, has always been at Yale. As her leading coach, the invention of many of her most effective plays must...
...case of the backs. When a Harvard back bucks the line he often has to do it alone. The Yale backs, on the other hand, are sure to help one another. This same difference was noticeable last year. Butterworth's phenomenal line breaking had that for its cause. Still the Harvard team has but just had its fullback picked. This more or less accounts for this year's failure in team work in that one respect...
Yesterday afternoon, after the regular drill, Lieutenant Robinson drilled the new squad for a short time. The drill is still held in the gymnasium, as no reply to the application for the use of Armory Hall has been received from the adjutant-general. There is no doubt, however, that permission to use the hall will be granted. There is always considerable delay in answering such applications...
Redpath shows steady fine playing. He catches well, uses his head and rushes well. He is never hurt and always begins to play best toward the end of the game, when his opponents are getting tired. He is still a little light for rush line halfback when the other side has the ball , but he is very apt to drop on the ball when it is dropped, and to get well into the plays...