Word: crude
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...been accomplished. No practice was held on Monday on account of the wet condition of the field, and yesterday cold weather hampered the work. A great deal, however, was accomplished by the long, hard practices at Richmond in developing team play and inspiring confidence; and improvement over the crude play against Trinity and Vermont is expected...
...squad has been holding regular outdoor practice this week. The principle work has been the formation of scrub teams, which have taken their turns in fielding and batting, to get some idea as to what the men can do in a game. So far the work has been very crude; the batting is poor, and the fielding is very erratic. As soon as the squad is cut down a better opportunity will be afforded for individual coaching...
...University baseball nine won its first game of the season by defeating the University of Vermont in a raggedly played game yesterday afternoon by a score of 9 to 4. Although the fielding of the team was crude, and the base-running at times stupid, on the whole the work accomplished was promising; for despite the many careless errors the men played with dash and determination...
...tendency to stand squarely on the bag in executing the double play, instead of on the near corner. Practice was held for the first time last week on a complete diamond, for the purpose of better instruction in stealing bases. The work in this direction is still rather crude...
...usual, but this change was hardly accountable for the marked lack of team play on the part of the entire team. The University forwards failed to cover their opponents and were exceedingly slow in following back. There was little passing and the shooting of all the men was very crude. As this was the first game in which Willetts has not played at point the defense combination was not as strong as usual. The play of the St. Paul's team was in general finished and effective and its two points were the result of good team play. Macleod shot...