Word: shaped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...supply of first-rate new material is available, as in any one recent year. Of course there will be difficulties, for as in other sports the continuity has been broken, and it will take time and infinite practice to reform old habits, and to lick musty material into shape. Former Coach Haughton, however, has expressed every confidence in Mr. Fisher's abilities as next year's coach, and the seven "H" men who have worked under him before are ready to swear by him. Moreover, Coach Fisher himself has declared his fixed intention of continuing, in essentials at least...
...addition to the range practice at Camp Devens, instruction will be given in bayonet work by specially qualified instructors. Ample provision has also been made for recreation and amusement. Baseball diamonds and tennis courts are being put into shape, and teams will be organized from the various companies to compete in the different sports. Aquatic sports will also be held, as Hell Pond offers excellent bathing facilities...
...next statement is amazing. The "specialists" for this army--machine gunners, engineers, and so forth--are to be formed from a nucleus of regulars in case of emergency. Are the lessons of the recent war forgotten? The Regular Army took five months to "expand" and to whip recruits into shape. But human nature is ever optimistic. Next time we hope we will do better...
...Brock, who has won his letter in the high-jump, G. B. Larkin, a good quartermiler, P. Kissam, who was a broad-jumper on his Freshman team, and C. Boyd, who is an excellent two-miler, and has had considerable cross-country experience. If Larkin can get into shape, it is probable that Princeton will be represented by a one-mile relay team, in addition to the medley and four-mile teams which are entered in the Penn. Carnival...
Preliminary trial-matches for the University and Freshman tennis teams are being played daily on Jarvis Field while waiting for Divinity courts to be put in shape. They will be ready by the end of the week. Judging by the men reporting for the squad, the outlook for this season is excellent, Among the men on the University squad likely to hold a place on the team are: F. W. Hatch '19 G. W. Helm '20 L. A. de Turrenne '21 J. B. Fenno, Jr., '21, F. C. Hanighen '21, and W. T. Richards...