Word: badness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Games shall be postponed on account of bad weather only...
...batting was certainly a redeeming feature. A home run by Corbett, three-baggers by Hallowell and Mason, two-baggers by Paine and Hovey, and seven singles, being a creditable record for one game. But the fielding was wretched for the most part. It was only owing to the equally bad work of the Boston Unions, that saved Harvard from defeat. The game was interesting, for the score was kept comparatively close, and it is always more or less exciting to see heavy batting and men running around bases, while the ball is everywhere but in its right place...
...freshman nine defeated the Cambridge Athletic Association team by a score of 3 to 2 yesterday. The playing was steady and at times very good on both sides though several bad errors were made. Reed pitched throughout the game for the freshmen and played much better than in his last game. He gave only two men bases on balls and struck out nine. McAdams caught seven innings, and Walker the other two. Both stopped the balls well but threw poorly. Rogers played first base for four innings, when he turned his ankle and was relieved by Lighthall. Dreyfus played...
...Conversion of Big Rock," by A. S. Pier, is longer than either of the two just mentioned, and perhaps that accounts for the fact that one's interest is not always closely held. The subject of falsely assumed piety, and innocence too, is always apt to leave a bad taste in the mouth unless it is skilfully managed. But in spite of this, the story is not unsuccessful, and is certainly suggestive...
...here the whole vacation, and seems to work with a vigor and determination that is a model for senior crews, or any crew, and the work is telling plainly in the improvment made in the rowing. The crew has been in a shell several days, but owing to the bad weather lately, it has been put into the barge again. There have been no changes since the last writing...