Word: strong
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first two periods Coach Leary's team outplayed the Reservists and ended the half with a six-point lead. Black of the Newport team kicked off to E. L. Casey '19, who ran the ball back 20 yards. With a strong wind behind them, the Navy Yard started a kicking game, and Adams punted. Barrett, the Cornell star, returned the ball 37 yards from his 30-yard line, but the ball was soon lost when A. Horween '20 intercepted Gerrish's forward pass. Neither team could make decisive gains on line plays throughout the period. The value of Adams' long...
...tackle positions the Newport team has the advantage, with Schlachter, a strong Syracuse player, and J. L. Bigelow '16, who was on the 1915 University squad. They will oppose Adams of Tufts and O'Connor from Georgetown. The forwards on both teams are of equal calibre, with Skilton on the Navy Yard eleven and Green of the same team outclassing their opponents...
...field generalship is in the hands of W. J. Murray '18. On the Rhode Island team there are Barrett of Cornell, star runner and kicker, Cerrish of Dartmouth, a hard line-plunging back, and Purdy, who played at Brown. Hite and Gardner from the Middle West are also strong players...
...season of 1917-18 commenced inauspiciously yesterday afternoon when only 17 candidates reported at the Locker Building for the first practice. Of these only four were from the three upper classes, the rest being from 1921. A great many more Freshmen are needed to form the basis of a strong relay team, while unless more University candidates come out before the end of the week the outlook for an informal team will not be bright. The coaching staff has three weeks before the Christmas vacation in which to whip the runners and field event men into shape...
...following players: In the backfield, W. F. Robinson '18, H. W. Minot '17 and T. C. Thacher, Jr., '18; and in the line, C. A. Coolidge '17, W. Whitney '16, M. Weston '15 and M. Wiggin '18. Henry of Brown, a new recruit for the team, will be another strong lineman...