Word: snapping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first day of the 'Varsity's secret practice in preparation for the Yale game, yesterday afternoon, was very unsatisfactory. The men played indifferently and lacked snap and energy to such an extent that it seems at least probable that they may be a bit finely trained...
...will be unable to play on account of injuries received in practice, and the loss of Gray and Livermore who are playing with the second 'Varsity. For a class eleven, the line is very light, but the men are individually good and play with a great deal of snap. The team work has been greatly handicapped by the lack of coachers...
...Varsity practice yesterday afternoon consisted of two ten-minute halves, one with the second eleven and one with the Freshmen. In the first half the plays were run off with plenty of snap and the backs and ends especially played hard and fast. The second half showed the 'Varsity playing carelessly and indifferently. The line-up was changed a number of times, most of the changes being made at end and quarter, so that this perhaps unsettled the team as much as anything else...
Throughout the game, the backs played with a commendable amount of snap, though there still seemed to be the old fault of either starting a little ahead of the signals and thus making a change necessary, or of starting slowly. The weakness of the Brown line unquestionably covered up a good many slow starts. Dibblee played his usual star game, and by following his interference more closely, covered much ground on end plays. Sullivan made many good gains until he was injured and forced to leave the game. Aside from his deplorable failures at goal kicking, and his fumble...
...Varsity squad started practice yesterday by tackling the dummy. The rest of the time was spent in running off signals and in bolstering up the tackles in their defensive play. Garrison was in at quarter and got the plays off very rapidly and with a great deal of snap. Haskell, the Medical School man, who has played on both the Amherst and Crescent A. A. elevens was played at right guard throughout the practice. He is heavy and rather active for his weight, but did not show up very promisingly, owing to his ignorance of the signals...