Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...crew's showing during the past few days has been encouraging on the whole, and the men have acquired better control of their slides. On the other hand, the boat has travelled poorly at times, and there seems to be some difficulty about steadying down after a racing start. There is still a tendency to clip the stroke and to slump at the finish...
HANOVER, N. H., May 19, 1908--Dartmouth defeated the University baseball team in an exciting game today by a score of 6 to 4. Harvard batted much better than in previous games, hitting hard to the outfield, and with the exception of the second inning Hicks pitched excellent ball. There were no sensational plays, but Hall played a strong game at first...
...especially since Koorner was compelled to leave, the first boat has been unaccountably slow; and since such a strong combination as he had was being beaten continually by the junior university and freshman crews, Mr. Courtney saw that there must be something radically wrong. His repeated shifts did not better matters. It was evident that the men were dissatisfied and did not work well together, and that the affair had gone too far to be settled peacefully. Mr. Courtney said that while his move may cost Cornell the victory in the Harvard race, it is the only one that could...
...which today are corrupting agencies. The type of our municipal government is one suited to the conditions of sixty years ago and totally unfitted to deal with the problems of today. Our question then is whether by a change in the type of municipal government we can obtain a better management of city affairs...
...fact that the Freshman crew broke an oar in the race last Saturday, the winning Sophomore crew has challenged them to another race. This will be rowed downstream tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock over the one mile and 550 yard course, and will determine which is the better crew to row at the American Henley next Saturday...