Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...colleges with something like the skill with which it is played in Canada. What has been one of the chief difficulties with lacrosse as a spectator's game is the irregularity of the positions of the players. Unless a person is acquainted with the game, the players are apt to seem jumbled. The more scientific the game becomes, the easier it is of course for the spectator to see why the different positions are taken, and after all there is a charm about the irregularity of positions which is in great contrast to the machine-like regularity of the base...
This nine has a number of glaring faults which are gradually being remedied as the season goes on, but yet are plainly visible at times. The men are apt to field the ball without judgment in places and display too great eagerness at times when slower work would be more advantageous. The batting is fair, but is not yet of sufficient strength to warrant large totals...
...Rows rather short. Slumps badly at the finish; drops out at the full reach. Should use his legs equally. Is apt to over reach...
...whole the crew are apt to slump at both ends of the stroke, fail to work well from their stretchers, and swing very unevenly...
...apt to slump at the finish. Feathers under water, and splashes on the recover. Doesn't use his shoulders well at the finish. Should be careful to put his oar right into the water upon coming out to the full reach. On the whole is doing well...