Word: straighten
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...forward pass which, as it has been perfected, has played ever-increasing havoc with defensive line play. How, for instance, are forwards to charge promptly when there is the threat of a forward pass in the air? The tendency, and the proper tendency, is to straighten up and get the nature, as well as the direction of the play, and this certainly militates against a proper defensive line charge. Then, too, the unbalanced formations and other practices designed to unsettle opposing linesmen play their part. All this is not to say that at present the balance between the offence...
...Beane '11, Graduate Secretary of Phillips Brooks House, was the next speaker. He desired to straighten out the misunderstanding of Brooks House which all classes seem to have. Brooks House and its constituent societies are places of religion, but religion carried into satisfying practice. The two great things open to Freshmen in Brooks House are Dr. Fitch's Bible class and social service work. He asked as many as possible to attend all the meetings held under the auspices of the Phillips Brooks House Association...
...faults noticeable at the beginning of the season. Metcalf if inclined to be short, and does not finish with sufficient drive. Sargent still shows a tendency to be late on the recovery, but errs less in this respect on the port than on the starboard side. Cutler does not straighten his arms at the catch and is inclined to shorten his slide...