Word: stringed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Having come through Saturday's muddy struggle with all the first string men in fine physical condition, the University eleven yesterday began another week of severe drilling on Soldiers Field in preparation for the Cornell game. Every man on the squad, with the exception of three disabled substitutes, is ready for fierce football...
Coach Jones of Yale has succeeded in developing a second string line which is in many respects the equal of his first string, and just what the final make-up of the latter will be is very uncertain. Wiser, Cornell, Pumpelly and Markle are back in the game after being on the injured list. Captain Ketcham will probably resume his place at centre owing to injuries to Marting who has been playing there lately. Stillman, Talbott and Pendleton are the most promising men for the tackle positions while Avery, Braum and Carter are running a close race for the ends...
...unique shift was tried in football practice yesterday, when the second team backs were used behind the first team line, and the first string backs behind the second string line. The result of this experimental line-up was that, although scrimmage lasted a full hour, there was no scoring on either side. The regular backfield found the defence of its own line too powerful, and could not gain consistently, once being held for downs on the 1-yard line. The opponents--the team with the first string line--did not even do as well as this, their only chances...
Doctor Grenfell has, from very small beginnings, established in unparalleled system of relief for the poor coast population of Newfoundland. He has combined a Christian purpose with medical skill, and has built up along the north Atlantic cost a string of hospitals and comfortable, attractive reading rooms where the men are taken care of and entertained. He travels from place to place in his three-masted relief boat and every summer he takes a limited number of Harvard men with him. These summer trips are invaluable experiences for any who are interested in medical service and mission work among...
...Hearn and Rees as first string ends have improved a great deal in the last week, while Mehaffey and McCutcheon of the second string are developing fast...