Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...past two weeks' practice has brought out several facts in regard to the outlook for the season. Coach fisher has already one of the most powerful first-string lines seen at Harvard in several years and the chances look good for the discovery of a first-string backfield combination which can approximate the line in excellence, yet there the happy outlook ends abruptly, Substitutes, will grounded in ability and experience, are painfully lacking. Either they must be developed or the first-string line-up must be brought through to the end of the season intact. And the latter task requires...
...Yale first university football team scored tow field goals in the first scrimmage of the season with the second team. The first string eleven lined up with Richeson, O'Hean, Bench, and Mallory in the backfield...
From two thirty until half past five the seventy-five first string men were put through starts, tackling the dummy, signal practice and dummy scrimmage...
...been the keystone of athletic policy at Harvard and has saved the College from the evil of abject submission to an all-powerful coach, which has been common in other colleges. But when the system of divided control encroaches on the efficiency of coaching and leads to a long string of defeats, it is time to call a halt and to readjust the emphasis And this, apparently, is what the rowing authorities intend to do this year. Consciously or unconsciously most of the leading colleges in the East have adopted a system in which, although ultimate responsibility remains divided...
...polo player. But the Prince of Wales is. Edward maintains his own stable, and he has thrown open the door and given the British polo authorities carte blanche to lead away to the International cup matches at Meadowbrook, L. I., in September any of the animals they desire. The string of ponies, which includes several of Eastern blood presented by Indian rajahs during the world tour of the Prince, is considered the finest in the Kingdom. It is expected that all the sportsmen of England will emulate the Royal example. The English team will not saddle second string ponies...