Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...secret practice yesterday afternoon the University football team was given a long drill in individual work, and a short scrimmage was played with the second team. In the preliminary work Coach Graves drilled the tackles and guards, and Coach Campbell worked with the ends. The backs practiced passes and kicking. Afterwards the first eleven and the substitutes lined up and ran through formations...
...secret practice yesterday afternoon there was no attempt at a scrimmage, but the University football squad was given a stiff preliminary drill followed by a 35-minute period of hard signal practice. The work was very fast and full of snap. Coaches Campbell and Graves gave the linemen a long drill in defensive work, and the ends had special work in boxing tackles on the offence. Coach Daly was in charge of the backs, and Cutler, Gray, Kennard and Sprague were drilled in punting...
...practice for the University Football team continued secret yesterday afternoon, and consisted of the usual preliminary drill and a scrimmage between the substitutes and the second team, in which both teams scored. All the men who played in the Brown game were given a lay-off except Ver Wiebe, who was in the scrimmage for a few minutes. The work was fast and full of life, due in part to the colder weather...
...preliminary drill for the backs was catching punts; and Coach Graves gave the linemen breaking through and blocking practice. The scrimmage lasted about twenty-five minutes. The substitutes scored first, after Robinson had blocked Page's punt on the second team's 15-yard line. Vogel recovered the ball and carried it over the line for a touchdown. The second team was then given the ball on the 25-yard line. Crocker got off a clever forward pass to Beard, who ran it out for twenty yards and Minot made the remaining distance in two hard plunges. After this...
...secret practice for the University football team yesterday afternoon was lighter than the work on previous days this week, and consisted of a short preliminary drill and a 20-minute scrimmage with the second team. No regular game was played, however, the second team being given the ball and then the University team taking it. Burr and Kennard tried kicking from formations against the second eleven, most of the kicks being blocked. Burr's kicking was from placement, and Kennard tried drop kicks. During the scrimmage the University team was weak on the offense, and twice Cutler's forward passes...