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During the last two months men have been at work on the lacrosse grounds and part of the marsh lands at Soldiers Field. Heretofore the lacrosse field was too low and consequently was nearly always soft and muddy. This fault has now been remedied, an average of twenty inches having been made on four acres. This will make the plot one of the dryest and best at Soldiers Field...
Heretofore the lacrosse field was too low and consequently was nearly always soft and muddy. This fault has now been remedied, an average fill of 20 inches having been made on four acres. This will make the plot one of the dryest and best of the entire Soldiers Field...
Following this the substitutes downed the Freshmen 4 to 0 in a fifteen minute scrimmage. Both teams were so bunched in front of the goals that good shooting was impossible. The passing was poor, due largely to the soft condition...
...other ear-marks of good hockey were not in evidence save at rare intervals. The whole team appeared rather over anxious and unsteady, men getting away frequently with good chances to shoot only to lose the puck by overskating it. Some of this weakness was probably due to the soft condition of the ice, which must have hampered the players considerably in their skating as well as in their handling of the puck...
...exceedingly cleverly placed, while his base-line shots gained him many points. Armstrong frequently weakened in his service and made many doubles, in sharp contrast to his opponent who served consistently, allowing no doubles throughout the match. In spite of the fact that recent rain has made the court soft and slow, the play was fast and marked by many long and spirited rallies...