Word: faster
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...smooth and easy fielding was the best done on Soldiers Field this year. At the bat Michigan did not make as many hits as Harvard, but of them were harder and came more opportunely. Taking into consideration the cold weather and slippery ground, Harvard's general playing was faster and more accurate than normal...
...HAVEN, CONN., May 15.--The new launch "Genevieve," to be used in coaching the Yale crew, arrived today. She is a little smaller than the "Yale," but considerably faster, and very satisfactory...
Stillman pitched a steady game and had almost perfect control. Only two Bowdoin men reached second base, and of the four scattered hits made by Bowdoin, two would have been cut off by faster fielding. Stillman struck out fifteen men and gave but two bases on balls. Oakes, the Bowdoin pitcher, was not so effective. Thirteen hits, with a total of twenty-one bases, were made from him, most of them well bunched. Frantz made four of these hits,--two singles, a two-base hit and a home run, all of which brought in runs. Stillman, Murphy and Wendell made...
...first race, that of the 1903 crews, was started shortly after three o'clock. The Weld had a better start but the Newell crew, rowing a faster stroke, soon took the lead and held it to the finish in spite of the advantage the Weld crew had from the outside position. At the half mile, the Newell boat was two-thirds of a length in the lead. Then the Weld spurted and reduced the lead to half a length at the Harvard Bridge. Neither crew was very well together, but the Newell seemed to row easier. From the bridge...
...Yale freshman team in the Gymnasium Saturday night by the score of 15 to 6. Harvard had the advantage in size and excelled in good shooting and team work. Yale was weak principally in passing and in getting down the field under long shots, but played by far the faster game. Harvard's attempts at long shots were too frequent and there was a tendency to foul in both halves by running with the ball...