Word: badness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...base running of Harvard was poor, and the coaching at times very bad, causing men to get out at third in two cases. The runners clung too closely to their bases, taking little lead when the ball was pitched. Amherst ran bases much better. The fielding was not particularly good on either sides, though Harvard excelled. Foster caught some beautiful flies in centre field, and Tilden and Winslow played their positions for all they were worth. The infield also did well. Allen's hands were puffed and swollen, but he pluckily caught throughout the game, though Nichols was at times...
...running events. Indeed, the contestants succeeded in breaking three records, two American college records, and one Harvard record. The track was in perfect condition, and the management almost perfect. The races were called on time, with one or two exceptions; and the audience were not wearied by delays or bad starting. The officers of the association are to be congratulated on the efficient way in which the sports were conducted. The first event held...
...first the game was called on account of darkness. Austin, Holden and Hallowell batted the hardest for Harvard. Excepting some fine fly catches and a foul catch by Stagg, the fielding was not brilliant on eithre side. The umpiring was wretched, both sides suffering from, the bad judgment on strikes and balls, but the decisions on bases being invariably against Harvard...
...competitive speaking for the Boylston prizes was held last evening in Sanders before an audience which, considering the extremely bad weather, was large. That the speaking was better than for several years is indisputable. The speakers seemed to be more at ease, speaking and gesturing more naturally; and their selections were more suited to themselves, as the speakers, and to the audience, which assembled to hear them. Because of its novelty, the selection from Virgil should be particularly mentioned here; its rendering was emminently successful, for the soft and musical tones and accents of the Latin. The speaking...
...that Harvard college was not only a training school for the mental qualities of its students, but also for their religious morals? "Any college that gives a preference for any one belief in religion and enforces such a belief on its members, must be narrow and must exert a bad influence over all who come under its sway." This has been said more than once by people who pride themselves on being well read and posted on educational subjects. It is extremely difficult to trace to its source any such report, and yet there must be some foundation for such...