Word: awkward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...usual, the general audience incited the actors to greater efforts, which received repeated applause, and the play went more smoothly. The correcting of one or two awkward groupings, however, and more attention to facing the audience, should contribute to the finish of tonight's performance...
...score was 18 to 10, due to the ragged playing of the University team. Although the University team played somewhat better in the second half, their large score was chiefly the result of loose work by the second team. The University team lacked concerted play; the men were awkward at shooting goals and failed to uncover opportunely...
...quick improvement which has taken place since the crew went to New London. The crew is steadier than last year's and physically is one of the strongest eights that Harvard has produced in recent years. The general watermanship, however, is poor, and the men are rough and awkward. The boat has shown a tendency to hitch between strokes, due to the men hanging at the full reach and rushing their slides. In this respect, however, they are improving rapidly and the boat is now moving more smoothly. The men get a good finish in their stroke, but lack...
Swift, number two, though an awkward oar, is effective. He is sometimes slow at the catch and often washes out at the finish...
...certainly has the prospects of being one of the fastest eights that Yale has turned out in recent years. For an eight-oared crew the average weight of the men is very heavy, to the minds of some too heavy; yet with all their weight, the men are not awkward in the boat. Their blades go in fairly well together, their inboard work is smooth and the boat travels well between strokes. To the layman the stroke seems to differ somewhat from that of former years and shows the effect of professional coaching. This is especially marked in the last...