Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...placing all the various managers' departments under charge of a single graduate secretary and a treasurer. To the latter position, Walter Camp '80, has been appointed. The system of undergraduate managers will still be kept, but the managers will be under the treasurer's control. This plan is somewhat like the method here. Columbia has also seen the advantages of such an arrangement, and has recently formed a similar union of athletic teams...
...Pennsylvania team, although lacking somewhat in weight, is stronger than any of its predecessors. Weeks, the former Pennsylvania quarterback, has been coaching the team and has done much toward developing swift and aggressive play. Lavino and Schoch are both excellent kickers and line-buckers...
...seemed to be in excellent condition to stand the strain of Saturday's game. An innovation introduced was practice in lunging. The men stood in line and at the signal of a pistol shot lunged forward at full length. It is expected that this new mode of practice, though somewhat tardy in its introduction, will be of service to the linemen when playing low on the defense. In the fifteen minutes of sharp signal practice which followed, a number of new trick plays were tried successfully. After signal practice the first eleven lined up for five minutes against the second...
...coming year the affirmative instead of the negative will make the last rebuttal speech and close the debate. This is in accordance with the procedure in law courts, and removes the too great advantage heretofore held by the negative. The disadvantages of the burden of proof will now be somewhat offset by the final rebuttal...
...only two days distant, the practice yesterday consisted of two hard halves against the second eleven, twenty and ten minutes long respectively. Although the defense was strong enough to hold the second for downs as often as the latter got the ball, the team work on the offensive was somewhat ragged. Not only were the men very careless about getting off before the ball, but also four times in the course of the practice the 'Varsity was penalized for offside play. The most encouraging feature of the practice was the brilliant playing of the tackles. Although it was feared that...