Word: faster
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...beginning of the first half the playing of both teams was slow and ineffectual. Wellman made the first goal, which was quickly followed by one by Hargraves. Technology then began to play faster and scored three additional goals. The score at the end of the half was 12 to 3 in favor of Technology...
...second half started in with much faster playing by both sides. The University team succeeded in breaking up their opponents' team-work and in scoring two goals from the floor. As in the first half Allen and Sheehan did the most effective work for Harvard, and Wentworth and Parker made the best showing for Technology. Allen's five goals from the field in this half made the final score 12 to 19 in favor of Technology...
...second game of the interclass series by the close score of 25 to 22. During the first half the playing was slow. Both teams were equally matched, however, the score at the end of the half being 12 to 12. In the second half the play was faster. At the beginning the Seniors got a lead of several points which they succeeded in keeping until well through the half. The team-play of the Juniors improved as the game continued and they finally obtained the lead, which they held until the end of the game, by scoring two baskets...
...passed it at the Longwood avenue bridge. When coming into the basin the first was almost even with the third, while the second was a length behind. This order was kept until they approached Harvard bridge, when the University eight took the lead. The third was rowing a faster stroke and splashing, while the University crew continued to gain. After the bridge was passed, the third raised its stroke but was unable to gain on the University crew which finished two lengths and a quarter ahead...
...superior man of the two. His stroke has a better proportion and the rhythm is decidedly more even. The stroke that Yale is roivipg this year, as in the past two years is longer in the water than Harvard's, so that Harvard will have to row the faster stroke to win the race. The Harvard crew get their hands away faster on the recovery than Yale, and their leg drive is collectively better, although Yale has the advantage of a longer body swing...