Word: aptness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ends are rather slow and do not play hard enough. The tackles fail to make good holes, but are running well with the ball. The centre men, with the exception of Hoague, are rather light for their positions. The backs play a fast hard game but are too apt to fumble. Altogether the team will have to show considerable improvement to stand any chance of winning the class championship...
Goodrich has improved more than any one else since leaving the Charles. He is apt to be not quite supple enough in his motions. He has the habit of rushing a little and is always too anxious to do more than his share of the work. This tires him and he does not stay fresh as long as the others, and consequently loses his command of the crew...
...crew as a whole has two faults; they are apt to rush their slides, and when the stroke is raised they are in too much of a hurry to pull through and the stroke is shorter because the men do not draw through...
Sprague at six has come down very much in weigh, although he is still the heaviest man in the boat, weighing at present 179 pounds. He sits in the boat beautifully, but gets a little extra body swing at the full reach and is apt to be slow in driving his legs...
Vincent, at shortstop, was rather weak. His throwing is much better than Clarkson's, but he is very apt to fumble and is of no value at the bat. R. Stevenson's two errors were both made on close plays and were partly excusable. About all the batting of the team was done by Pote, Burgess and T. Stevenson...