Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reconstruction of the University football team was further continued at yesterday's practice when Hardwick was again placed at end, Francke remaining in the backfield. The line has not been playing up to standard and the return of Hardwick will strengthen it considerably. Francke's playing in the backeld has made his position there fairly certain...
...team has brought forth some startling shifts in the line up of the men, but the progress of the team has been decidedly encouraging. The reconstruction recently begun will doubtless change materially the present line-up, as the coaches are attempting to develop bigger and more powerful recruits to strengthen a line which has not been playing up to standard. Soucy, at end, is falling into the duties of his new position quickly, and should be an improvement over Weatherhead, while Wallace, at center, backs up the line as a secondary defence even better than did Soucy, his most obvious...
...will battle their hardest to defeat us. It is in realization of this that we now send forth the ominous warning against over confidence. To heed it and give unwavering support to the team in the game today and in those to follow is the surest way we can strengthen our hopes of dedicating the new Yale Bowl to defeat in November...
...infield was shifted in the middle of the season in an endeavor to strengthen the third base position which was weakened by the loss of Tomes, who played third in admirable style last season. R. R. Ayres '15, who played first base last year, was shifted from his old position to third in the middle of this season and has been playing first class ball. Besides his exceptional fielding, he has proved one of the team's most dependable hitters, and should make trouble in the Yale series. When Ayres was shifted to third, B. L. Nash '16, was relegated...
...game this afternoon with St. Mark's School at Southboro. Since the opening contest with Brookline High School the line-up has been shifted considerably, and many stiff practices have been held with the University second team. Yesterday afternoon's work consisted almost entirely of batting practice, calculated to strengthen the team's weakest point...