Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that prevented the runner from being put out. The fielders had little to do, but considering the poor condition of the diamond, covered their positions satisfactorily. Coburn pitched well, and at times brilliantly, striking out nine men. This is all the more creditable as the rain made the ball difficult to hold. His chief fault was in allowing himself to be drawn into precarious positions. In the second inning two bases on ba,,s allowed Vermont, to fill the bases, and it was only by striking out Woodward, that a run was prevented Stephenson's catching was of times unsteady...
...high wind made smooth rowing impossible, and consequently it was difficult to obtain a good idea of the individual work...
...control. The catchers do not support the pitchers and are uncertain in throwing to second base. In fielding the men are gradually improving, but they are still inaccurate, in throwing and have a tendency to hurry the plays. The form of the men in batting has improved. It is difficult to judges their ability in this respect as no curved balls have been pitched. One cut will be made in both the field and battery squads before the southern trip...
...shown by its defeat of Princeton on March 10. Although defeated by the Columbia team on March 3, the men have since shown such improvement that they are expected to make a good showing tonight. Under the supervision of Mr. F. Dohs their form in executing the more difficult feats has become excellent...
...very difficult, he said, to obtain accurate statistics of the birth and death rates throughout the United States. The census results, which furnish the only means of ascertaining the vital statistics of the rural population, are inaccurate. According to the census statistics, the annual death rate in the United States is 16.3 per cent, of the total population. Professor Willcox, however, after a careful calculation of possible errors, places the death rate at 19.56 per cent, of the population. It is interesting to observe that the death rate of negroes is in some states 60 per cent, higher than that...