Word: cleverness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...next man hit a slow one to McCall, who fielded the ball to first; but Briggs dropped the throw, and then tried to catch Palmer off third. The throw was low, but Leonard saved another error by a good stop. The next man up made a clever sacrifice, and the run was scored...
...University team was unusually steady in the field, and Harvey's wild throw came when two were out. Otherwise he made some clever stops, and kept up his good batting by making a two-base hit and a safe bunt. McCall at second played in last year's form, and accepted six chances without an error. His clever stop back of second and quick throw to Simons which ended the game was a brilliant piece of work. Briggs was steady on first base and had fourteen put-outs to his credit. The batting of the team as a whole...
Entertaining in itself as a clever bit of comedy, the play is also of literary interest as one of the few documents of Schiller's relating to the eighteenth century comedy of the "Intriguenstueck" type. In presenting for the first time in its history a play of marked literary value, the Verein is reaching for a higher station in the interpretation of German drama. Such a play entailed more difficulties in staging and costuming than former Verein comedies; but by careful preparation and owing to the presence in the cast of a large number of Germans, they have been successfully...
...more than average ability. C. B. Wetherell '08 played Overdo, the pompous justice of the peace, with signal success. H. R. Shipherd '08 was successful throughout in his rendering of Waspe, the long-suffering man servant and brought down the house in the amusing stock scene by his clever acting while effecting his escape from the stocks. F. A. Wilmot '10 shared with him the applause of the comic scenes at the fair. The difficult role of a madman was extremely well rendered by R. H. Smith '10, and H. P. Breed '08 and C. W. Burton '08 impersonated Ursula...
McCall played second base for Team B and accepted ten chances without an error. Leonard made seven good assists. Of the new men Lanigan made a good catch in the outfield of Haydock's long fly, and Haydock at third base for Team B made a very clever stop and throw of Leonard's swift grounder. Of the catchers Jordan made two excellent throws to second base...