Word: snapping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Williams opened the season with a no score game with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Indecision in the selection of players, poor signals and a lack of snap was evident in the showing made by the Williams team, which failed to display the form of the early practice. A week later Union was defeated, 29 to 0, when Williams took a decided brace, especially in executing open plays. During the past week practice has been very stiff and daily improvement was noticeable...
...Removal of the requirement that the player who receives the ball from the snap-back run five yards to either side before advancing...
...University crew has rowed a trifle smoother this week than last. The second eight has lacked snap at the catch and has also been a bit unsteady. The third crew has been rowing in better form this week than last...
...University crew has been very unsteady and there has been a lack of drive and snap both in the finish and at the catch. In the second crew, the men have not kept their eyes in the boat, which has made their rowing ragged. There was also, like in the University crew, a lack of drive in the finish. In the third boat, the men made a weak finish and were uncertain of their slides immediately before the catch...
...Seniors and others who are finishing their undergraduate course, we would suggest as a factor in all choices the personality and reputation of the instructors. Many men have gone through Harvard, adhering to a rigid schedule of courses or to a crooked line of least resistance determined by snap courses, and have failed altogether to avail themselves of the presence here of some of the most distinguished scholars and teachers of the time. No education can be said to be fully completed here unless it shows the influence of some of these men in whom Harvard is unique...