Word: snapped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...football practice yesterday was secret and did not last very long. The first and second elevens did not line up against each other, but merely ran through signals. Besides the regular coaches, Frank Hallowell was out and helped to put more snap into the work. The first lined up as follows: r. e., Cabot; r. t., Haughton; r. g., Bouve: c., F. Shaw; l. g., N. Shaw; l. t., Wheeler (Swain); l. e., Moulton; q. b., Beale (Cochrane); f. b., Brown (Dibblee); l. h. b., Wrightington; r. h. b., Livermore. Neither Dunlop nor Cozzens were dressed in football clothes. Dunlop...
Church and Gailey played the best game for Princeton in the line. The former broke through oftener than any one else, and the latter showed himself a first-class snap-back in every respect. Behind the line, Baird through his punting and Smith through his accurate passing, interference and clever head-work were invaluable...
...university eleven played two games during the week. In the game with Wesleyan on Wednesday the team on the whole played with a good deal less snap than in the game with Dartmouth the preceding week, although the individual work at times was of a high order. The Saturday game with the Carlisle Indian School eleven at Manhattan Field was one of the closest and most exciting football contests played this season. The team work of the Indians was magnificent and the rushing of their backs was a feature of the game. Yale, however, won mainly by her superior punting...
...good condition and will strengthen the line immensely. Sleeper, the other tackle, is not playing nearly as well as last year. The three centre men are all steady players. Garrison at quarterback is the mainstay of the team, as he has excellent judgment and puts lots of snap into the play. Hallowell can be depended on to punt well, though he is not particularly strong at running with the ball. Scattergood is a new man from Haverford, where he had quite a reputation as a football player. He has been laid up recently but will probably be all right...
...line is rather light, but on the whole the material is fair. The principal faults are carelessness and seeming lack of interest. The backs would be much better if they put more life and snap into their play...