Word: fatal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard exhibited throughout the game a fatal weakness. The forwards held continually and were often off-side, a fault that told immensely with an umpire as impartial and alert as Mr. Dashiel. The backs kept together better on interference than they have done previously this year. They also started quicker and ran with more precision, all of which favorably commends the system of devoting much time to signal practice, which has been so minutely carried out lately. Dibblee's work was little short of phenomenal, as he was always sure of a gain, making long runs not only with good...
...jumble of plays. The line men failed to open up holes at the right time, the ball was fumbled, the backs were nearly always off their feet and the interference was so weak that end plays were broken up with little or no effort. All this only illustrates a fatal weakness in one all important element-the men did not follow the ball...
...made put outs when hits seemed certain. Harvard, with the exception of one slip by Beale, played an errorless game. From the start the game developed into a pitcher's battle, in which Paine pitched effective, winning ball, keeping Princeton at his mercy. His own wildness, however, was fatal, for one of Princeton's runs resulted directly from a wild pitch. Jayne was hit hard, but the phenomenal catches of the Princeton outfield and his own beautiful fielding prevented Harvard from scoring...
...fiat. Whatever the ratio, business men would prefer gold to silver, because the former is certainly stable. Business domands certainty as to the future. How could it be shown that some political troubles would not entirely shatter that league, and bring about the worst commercial crisis ever knownn Another fatal objection to the league is that we are the great silver-producing nation of the world. Europe would have gold, the stable metal, but we should have one the maintenance of whose value depended on the faith kept by the other nations. By its interesting illustrations and several humerous hits...
...Felton 25, but just before the accident occurred the occupants of the room had left. He was handling a revolver when it exploded and the bullet entered the right side of his breast. He was at once removed to the Cambridge Hospital. The wound is serious but not fatal...