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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Although the fielding of the Freshmen, especially in the outfield, showed improvement in starting and in judging the ball and their headwork and throwing were better, yet in other respects the game was discouraging, as the batting was still weak and the bunting not so good as in practice. The baserunning, also, was poor and team-work was conspicuously lacking. Individually the Andover team was good but the men did not play well together...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen, 10; Andover, 3. | 5/5/1903 | See Source »

...tone and skill in treatment which made it an unusually creditable performance. Equally commendable is "Miss Sarsh Eilen's Answer," though its theme is anything but academic. Of the other stories "How I was Translated by Horace," is fancifulness run riot, while "The Night and the Mood" would road better if further condensed into the form of a riddle and the answer appended. The number is ended with a somewhat choleric book review...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 5/2/1903 | See Source »

...have average ability and more than average promise, were lacking in team work, but played an accurate game. Until the fifth inning, when several substitutes were put in, the Freshmen played without error. There was decided improvement in their batting, thirteen hits being made; and the base-running was better, although the team almost without exception is slow in starting. Castle, who had good control, allowed only one base on balls and three hits. For noble's Lovering played cleverly behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen, 13; Noble's, 5 | 4/30/1903 | See Source »

...practice of the Freshman team yesterday the batting showed but little improvement, as the men still have a tendency to hit the ball too high in the air. The bunting, however, was better both in form and in placement. In the fielding the work was characterized by carelessness and inaccurate throwing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1906 Baseball with Noble's | 4/29/1903 | See Source »

...quickly, and did not watch out the balls. At first base, Randall was not only listless himself, but failed to inspire the rest of the team with any life. While his batting work was fairly good, he proved very slow on the bases. Of the second baseman, Coolidge batted better than heretofore, but was not up to his usual form in either bunting or base-running. Skilton showed little improvement in any department of the game. Matthews at short-stop played more accurately in the field than in the practice this spring, but showed in his batting an inability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SOUTHERN TRIP. | 4/27/1903 | See Source »

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