Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Mozart symphony though perhaps not showing the composer at his best gave some excellent instances of his skill in contrasting wind and string passages. The Beethoven Fifth Symphony, always a favorite, was given a vigorous all brilliant rendering. The precision of the double basses in the difficult passage in the Trio movement deserves especial praise...
...fair control. Wescott, who pitched three innings, had good speed, and was very steady; he allowed only two safe hits; Allen finished the game in the box for Yale. The best individual playing was that of Raymond, the Wesleyan shortstop, who made a double play unassisted and a difficult catch of a high line ball...
...superior throwing ability of the Yale players soon began to tell and at the end of the first half the score stood 11 to 1 in favor of Yale. In addition to throwing well, the Yale team covered closely, thus making any scoring by the University team extremely difficult...
...week. The men pass fairly well, the chiefs faults in this particular being a tendency to neglect chances for long, open throws. This fault often serves to give the opposing team time to cover thoroughly before the ball reaches the vicinity of the goal and thus makes difficult a throw which, had it been made in the first place from a distance, would have been comparatively easy. With the exception of Grant, who has been taken from the Freshman squad and is now playing right forward, the men all throw baskets poorly. Grant is accurate on basket-throwing...
...trouble necessary for the establishment of a constitution which will often act as a hindrance rather than as a benefit. But how a reasonable constitution, adopted by the class, and always subject to amendment, can act as a restraint upon anything but irresponsibility and ineffectiveness, is somewhat difficult to perceive...