Word: cool
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...team diamond yesterday afternoon with 30 men reporting. Two teams were formed and a five-inning game was played which team A won by the score of 5 to 4. All the men were given a chance to play, but were not allowed to play hard owing to the cool weather. Team B led until the last half of the fifth inning, when Currier made a three-base hit which sent in the tieing run, and then scored the winning run himself...
...trochaic and other measures is indulged in so freely that it is sometimes hard to catch the rhythm. At times, too, the rime has overmastered the thought, as in the sixth stanza, where "the first chill of night" certainly rimes with bright, but is a poor phrase for the cool of the morning
...resulting better feeling between the teams and the institutions which they represent. It would be unfair to many past managers to say that there have been no exceptions to this indifferent attitude. But the large number of managers, changing annually and under very little control, as well as the cool reception which some extensions of courtesy have met with at the hands of certain visiting teams, have tended to make the entertainment of these teams a very uncertain quantity. It is true that the size of Harvard and the diversity of interests here render impossible the sort of a reception...
...especially candidates for the middle and long distance runs, are expected to begin light work today. Following is a list of men who are especially urged to begin systematic work immediately, as from their number the nucleus of the University and Freshman relay teams will be picked: J. R. Cool-Crysler '11, H. C. Foster '11, G. Glass '11, H. Jaques, Jr., '11, E. K. Merrihew '10, E. V. B. Parke '08, F. M. de Selding '10, H. M. Warren '08, H. Watson '10, W. F. Whitchen '08, F. C. Whitmore '11, M. B. Van Brunt...
...Pell plays a more conservative game than Niles. His judgement is good, he is cool, and has any amount of endurance. His service is not as difficult to return as Niles's, but his overhead work is better. His forehand drive is his most reliable stroke. His volleying is consistent, and he is a good match player...