Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Consider the cheering at the ball games this year. The visiting teams have been given better cheering by a handful of supporters than has been given to the Harvard players. At only one game has the Harvard cheering been good for anything. And then the undergraduate wonders when the team does not play with dash and snap. He appears to believe that when he has paid for his ticket to a ball game he has done his duty. So he sits upon the bleachers with a calmly critical mind, cheers when some especially brilliant play is made to relieve...
...Freshman nine will play Andover at Andover this afternoon. Andover was beaten by the Second nine 9 to 5, but will probably have a better team in the field today...
...Loughlin and Wendell are playing first class ball and Devens is steadily improving. Reid is catching in the best of form, and his throwing to bases is quick and accurate, Stillman's control is excellent, and he is steady and reliable when in a tight place. He is in better form than last Monday, when he pitched against Pennsylvania, and his fault of carelessness will probably not appear today...
Switzer, No. 2, has no control over his legs, and rushes badly, falling over at the full reach when he has finish dousing his slide. He holds his stroke through better than the other...
Only one match was played in the tennis tournament yesterday. Scott and Rockwell defeated Thacher and Gray, 6-1, 6-4. The match was not very exciting, but both sides displayed some brilliant playing at times. Scott and Rockwell seemed to play better together and were steadier throughout the match...