Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent rule of the faculty the cricket team has been unable to secure the services of a professional coach, and for this reason their practice has not been so effective as it might have been. Again, the practice ground is so bumpy that some of the men are afraid of being hit, and this so effects their play that it is a question whether their practice does them any good...
Although Dartmouth is not worthy a place in the base ball league in the opinion of Harvard, we should not be afraid to stake our spare shekels on the following nine against any which our gentlemanly, silk-hosed cousins could muster: Cram, '81 (Capt.) c.; Rundlett, '81. p.: Partridge, '82, 1b.; Parker, '82, 2b.; Nettleton, '84, 3b.; Cushman '83, s. s.; Webster, '82, l.f.; Coombs, '83, c.f.; Hale, '84, r. f. Substitute battery, Gay and Gulick, '83. [Dartmouth...
Pinky Rosebud: Oh, thanks, Mr. Crayon, you are very kind, but I am afraid that I must return the frame, as mother never allows me to accept presents of any value from gentlemen. [Spectator...
There is trouble at the Naval Academy Annapolis. The cadet officers of the batallion of midshipmen have resigned, and none of the first and second classes will accept these positions. The third and fourth classes are either incompetent or afraid to accept them. Most of the first-class have been put on board the Santee under arrest. The trouble grew out of charges that a cadet officer had exposed the contents of examination papers...
There being no local feeling of rivalry between class nines and players, we go into inter-collegiate contests without any preparation as to the matter of preserving steadiness at critical points, and probably at the outset a little afraid of our opponents, we do not possess that necessary determination to win, backed up by the confidence that our ability and skill deserve, a victory...