Word: badness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...appeared stiff at first but soon warmed to the work, so that one could never have judged that they had recently gone through so severe a strain. Hallowell was out in spite of his broken nose and went through the signals with the first eleven. Hayes has developed a bad ankle, and had little to do aside from punting. Neither Waters nor C. Brewer appeared during the afternoon...
...team as a whole has a number of faults, and bad ones at that. All the men tackle high and thus fail to throw the runner. The interference is ineffective, it does not go hard and is broken up too easily. The backs are slow in getting started, and do not hit the line with much force. When they are tackled they allow themselves to be thrown backward for a loss. They catch poorly and do not kick with any precision. The ends are the strongest part of the team, though they are slow in getting down on the ball...
...Hard at Work.PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19. - The result of the Cornell game was something of a discouragement to Pennsylvania's admirers, but, nevertheless, the team took up its practice today with renewed determination to get into the best possible shape for the Thanksgiving Day game. Right guard Wharton received a bad kick in the leg on Saturday, but took his practice with the rest of the men today. The injuries of Knipe and Wagonhurst are rather more serious, but it is expected that they will come around all right...
...political institutions are in danger. - (a) Management in the hands of bad men, e.g., Quay, Gorman. - (b) Spoils system. - (c) Bribery: Jenks in Century, Oct. 1892; F. J. Stimson, Address on Bribery. - (d) Excessive representation of ignorance.: small western states. - (e) Foreign vote: Pol. Sci. Q., IX, 426 (Sept...
Cycling Association.Owing to the bad condition of the roads during the last week, training for the road race has been impossible and it has been thought advisable to shorten the course for Monday. The route will be from the gymnasium out Garden street to Belmont, then by Pleasant and Lenard streets to Arlington, and back to the gymnasium...