Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University team was unable, until the eighth inning, to solve the pitching of Skillen. In the field, however, the team played a steady and at times brilliant game. Harvard's only error was made by McCarty in the second inning, when he missed a catch and allowed O'Brien, who finally scored Dartmouth's only run, to reach first...
...strong, but the men in mid-field showed poor judgment in passing. Owing to the weakness of the graduates' attack the defense was not fairly tested. Smith, Adams and Ackerman took advantage of all chances to score. Sayler, who until this year was ineligible for the team, played a brilliant game. For the graduates, Bennett, captain of last year's team, did by far the best work...
Last Saturday the University association football team was defeated by Haverford on Soldiers Field by the score of 1 to 0. During the first half neither side had the advantage, and it was due to the brilliant work of the Haverford forwards rather than to any weakness in the Harvard defense that Morris finally scored at the end of the second half. Harvard exhibited good team play and throughout the game kept the ball well under control. The individual playing of the members of the Haverford team was faster and more consistent, and their greater experience made up for their...
...fielders, although at time brilliant, are erratic, the men failing to get in front of the ball properly. In throwing to bases improvement has been shown both in speed and accuracy. The work of the catchers is careless and very unsatisfactory. Although they hold the ball fairly well, they are slow in stepping out from behind the batter on a throw to bases. A number of the pitchers have developed excellent speed but have not as yet gained good control. The batting of the whole squad has fallen off, owing to a tendency to offer at bad balls...
...Sandys has been fellow and lecturer of St. John's College since 1867, public orator in the University of Cambridge since 1876, and holds an honorary degree from the University of Dublin. He is a brilliant classical scholar and has written or edited many works, among which are "Euripides' 'Bacchae'," "Clcero's 'Orator'," and "Aristotle's 'Constitution of Athens'." One of Dr. Sandys' most recent works is a "History of Classical Scholarship from the Athenian Age to the End of the Middle Ages." He has been a contributor to the Classical Review since...