Word: swift
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...much improved over the practice earlier in the week. On the defense which has been weak in all positions, the men showed an ability to cover their opponents so effectually that the second team was in possession of the ball only for very short periods. The passing was swift and clean throughout, and in rushes down the floor the long passes and short shoots for baskets were excellent...
...forwards proved a success, the first team showing a noticeable improvement in rushing the puck. Kernan was shifted to left end, Newhall played right end, and Wilder was moved to left center. The ice was much smoother than on Saturday, and was instrumental in making the passing swift and accurate on both teams...
...University basketball practice yesterday afternoon showed great improvement in form as a result of two days coaching by Mr. Barues, of the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. Before the regular line-up, the men were drilled in long, swift passing and dribbling; then two long halves were played in which the first team was drilled especially in the avoidance of unnecessary roughness...
...reported on Holmes Field yesterday afternoon for University hockey practice, which consisted of two thirty-minute practice halves between the first and second teams, resulting in a victory for the first by the score of 9 goals to 0. The play of the first team was concerted and swift, and the men showed less tendency to play out of their proper positions. A coating of snow on the ice was responsible for some rather poor work in carrying and passing; the shooting, however, was good. As usual Carr and Ivy proved a strong defense for the University team...
...first presentation of Beaumarchais' "Le Barbier de Seville" was given by the Cercle Francais last night in Brattle Hall. The play is perhaps the most difficult yet attempted by the Cercle Francais, and their rendering of it was upon the whole satisfactory. The rapid dialogue and swift action of the play were well executed, and the intonations and gestures in nearly every case admirably assisted in the portrayal of the characters...