Word: cleverness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...critical moments. The best batting for Eighty-seven was done by Powers who made three hits with a total of seven. Manly, Coolidge and Dudley also batted well. For Ninety, Piper who made four hits with a total of six batted hardest; Young, Slade, and Codman also made some clever hits. The best fielding for the seniors was done by Coolidge, Allen and Bisbee; Litchfield also made some pretty one-hand stops. For Ninety Young and McLeod did the best work in the field. Slade and Vila both played a steady game on first. Mr. Palmer, umpired very fairly, though...
...this time the New York men played a little loosely and out of position. Harvard saw it. Quick as a flash her men got the ball. By a succession of good throws and clever checking they got the ball to Harding. He was ready and by a quick throw made the first goal for Harvard. Time - 15 minutes. The score was tied...
...there are many of our favorites here. In addition to them there are verses by Messrs. Baldwin, Wetherbee, Palmer, Leahy, Sanford, Garrison and Furness, that have appeared quite recently and will be read again with pleasure. Messrs. Kent, '82, Kittredge, '83, and Loud, '83, are indexed with much clever verse, while all that is best of Messrs. Scollard and E. D. Sherman has been presented for posterity. The "Two Face" "To Omar," and the "Ballade of a Kiss." are the best of Mr. Houghton's verse in the book, and they are as good as anything he has ever done...
...only clever verse de societie that the book contains. Mr. Thompson's "Modern Lover," Mr. Cummings' "Pater Nostro Qui Es in Terra," and Mr. Lord's "Storm-Scarred Headland's," are beautiful example of how well Harvard undergraduates, young men of twenty, can express beautiful thoughts. Indeed, as Dr. Peabody says in his preface to the book. "In the volume published ten years ago are the early poems of some men who have already won a large and enviable reputation, of which that book contains the authentic prophecy. Like prophecy will be found in the volume now given...
Fourth Goal. - Towle did very clever work before this goal, securing the ball at centre again. Gardner rushed from left centre, the attack drawing their men away from him, and made a clean shot. Time, 8 minutes...