Word: snapping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cambridge Manual Training School eleven defeated ninety-six's team yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field by a score of 12 to 0. The juniors showed total lack of organization and put no snap into their play. The Cambridge men made most of their gains through tricks...
...Draper brothers of Williams. The principal point of interest was the feat of Williams in scoring against Yale and keeping the contest a tie for nearly the entire first half. Yale scored in two minutes, and had the ball at the Williams 25 yard line when a snap-back fumble lost it. Williams then made dogged gains until the ball had been planted at Yale's five yard line. On the next down F. Draper went through Yale's right tackle and over the line...
...practice was quicker and had more snap than it has before. The first eleven succeeded in making one touchdown, although the second eleven held them remarkably well, owing to pretty vigorous coaching. Moulton of the second eleven played a brilliant end and tackled surely. The teams lined up as follows...
...practice of the 'varsity football eleven yesterday afternoon showed but little improvement over Saturday's wretched exhibition. Ex-Capt. Waters coached the team and in the second half succeeded in putting considerable snap and vigor into the play. Several changes in the make-up were made. Hennan was put at left guard on the first eleven and Manahan resumed his old position of tackle, Hallowell playing on the second. Knox '98 showed up fairly well at halfback on the second eleven, considering that it was his first day on the 'varsity squad...
...that to make even a respectable showing there must be at least men enough to make up two elevens every day. Nothing is more demoralizing to the team than that there should be hardly men enough to form a single eleven. There can be no competition, and consequently no snap in the play. Worse, there can be no good practice, for a team cannot learn to play football by going through tricks and learning how they should line up without a second eleven to line up against. There are plenty of heavy and strong men, who know football, in Ninety...