Word: turf
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...going strong, as the backs I have witnessed--Legore, Carey, Bingham and Smith--are well set up, have a drive that carries them forward when tackled and are exceedingly difficult to down in the open. On a dry field the attack is at its best. On a wet turf it lacks the punch and brilliancy that marks its work on firm footing, due to the principle folowed in advancing the ball off tackle or around...
...results may be dilatory and alarming; the preliminary games may often cause nightmare; even late October may afford food for foreboding; but in the end the system will have its way and a squad of men clad in crimson jerseys--among other garb--will appear upon the sore November turf, with at least one asset: they will be football players...
Owing to the lateness of spring, athletics have been seriously handicapped. Whereas last season the baseball and track teams were on the turf by the twenty-fourth of March, the baseball team was out yesterday for the first time this year, and the track team still waits for dry ground. Likewise the crew has been delayed just about a month in its start from the Cambridge boat houses. On account of the impossible condition of the field, it is doubtful whether the football team will be able to start spring practice before the vacation. If not, spring training will probably...
...holes are dug at this season because other work is slack, and because when the ground is frozen on the surface and the frost does not go too deep, less damage is done to the lawns and turf, and the digging is scarcely less difficult than at another season...
...turf is in good condition and thoroughly dried out today, but the weather is threatening...