Word: tryouts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this is to put to a practical test the proportions of the materials which have been figured out, and to determine the best mixture, both from the standpoint of playing and also of drainage. It is believed that two or three days playing will give the court a satisfactory tryout, and as soon as the results have been obtained a new surface will be put on a row of twelve courts. Eventually, probably during the summer vacation, it is hoped that the remainder of the courts will be improved in a like manner...
Owing to the weather the practice of the Freshman football squad yesterday was necessarily of the lightest nature, consisting chiefly of a light signal practice, the men being given their first tryout at handling a wet ball. Much attention was again paid to the forward pass and improvement was noticeable in spite of the poor conditions...
...Crew Quarters, Red Top, New London, Conn., June 14, 1910.--Light work was the order for all the crews today. In the morning the University eight paddled down to the Navy Yard. Coach Wray was again at 5, as Bacon did not arrive until 1 o'clock. After a tryout of Waite, Smith, and Forster for 2 in the University four, Forster was selected, and the crew paddled down-stream. Waite then went to stroke of the second four with Loring at 3, Smith at 2, and Wiggins at bow. Both fours covered about four miles. In the Freshman eight...
...last two weeks all three upperclass crews have had a fairly permanent order, and, with the possible exception of the Sophomores, have shown a consistent improvement. The Senior eight has been able to defeat the Sophomore crew on all occasions when Coach Brown has given the two crews a tryout, with the exception of last Saturday, when the Sophomore crew held the lead it was given at the start throughout the race. Yesterday the Sophomore crew lost Barnes, who has been rowing 7, and the crew was defeated by five lengths in a mile race by both the second...