Word: carelessly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...deal of snap and twice seemed in a fair way to score. But the Yale team tackled strongly and stopped Harvard's attempts at rushing. Harvard's defensive play was strong when she was directly under the shadow of her own goal posts. At other times it was careless; and twice Dyer susceeded in dodging through the whole team for rushes of 35 and 20 yards respectively. On each occasion he scored. The other two touch downs were made by Graham who scored when Harvard's weak play behind the line gave him the chance to drop on the ball...
Exeter started with the ball and went to work with a vim which sent an exultant thrill through every one of her enthusiasts. Her play was sharp and strong and her team work excellent. Andover was completely at her mercy. But careless and inexcusable fumbling counteracted all this display of strength. Three times in the first twenty five minutes, Exeter had the ball within Andover's five-yard line, and twice at her ten-yard line, but all five times she lost the ball either by fumbling or off-side play. Finally Arnold succeeded in carrying the leather across...
There is unquestionably a strong feeling in college that the men on probation have conformed in spirit to faculty rules; that they lost their standing from no wilful desire to neglect college work: one of them was careless and the others unfortunate; that this fall they have shown an honest desire to do their work. What the actual result of their work has been of course the college has no means of knowing, but it feels that the mere work should not decide the matter absolutely; but that the spirit displayed should be considered. Whatever the decision of the Faculty...
...Winslow drove more balls out of court and into the net than in the former set, yet again won easily. 6-2. With the score of sets two love against them, Brown and Orcutt braced. They played with a great deal of confidence, while Reed and Winslow grew careless. driving many balls into the net and out of court. The result was that the senior pair won, 6 0. Again in the fourth set the seniors set two fast a pace for their opponents and won handily by a score of 6-2. The fifth and decisive set was played...
...game, but their tackling was wretched, and the Training School boys blocked them off with little difficulty. In the second half they broke through and tackled much better, but went all to pieces when they had the ball themselves. Their game throughout was very unsteady and apt to be careless, especially on the ends. The end men constantly over ran their man or let him pass them. The whole team continues to try to tackle men round the neck...