Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rules and schedule of the class games which are published this morning have been arranged with special reference to making the series as short and interesting as possible. It has been a common fault in former years that men have lost all interest in these games because the series have been dragged out over so long a space of time that it has become wearisome. This year the games will be finished about May 16 and, as cups are assured, there is no doubt that the series will be followed with more interest than usual...
...bulk is occupied by club scores. The first record is that of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia on their English trip. Next comes the Harvard record. with a summary of the matches and the individual batting and bowling averages. Then follow in some confusion records of other clubs. A noticeable fault is the omission of the Longwood club's scores. The book ought to have been better arranged and more complete, but we may hope for these improvements in succeeding issues. Meanwhile the book is valuable to all cricketers as a convenient record of the season's scores...
...good cause for indignation. If members only were disappointed, there would be sufficient cause for censure, but since the public is admitted and pays for admission, an earnest remonstrance is necessary. It is the duty of the Athletic Association to see that the men who enter compete. The fault does not lie with the officers of the association altogether, and perhaps not at all. The greater part of the blame certainly falls upon the men who withdraw. If they enter merely to have their names printed in the program, they are influenced by a mean motive; if they back...
...other men remaining as they were the day before. Gregory, '92 went in as coxswain and the crew went up and down the river in front of the boat house under the eyes of Mr. Keyes. The men showed a tendency to go back too far. Stroke had a fault of going back too far; going forward also an unnecessary distance and jerking the oar out of the water. Six was slow with his hands and went back too far. Five was stiff in his movements-the fault of a new man: and the bow men were all rather jerky...
...best be judged by the speed and thoroughness with which every man acquires these fine points. Good time is a difficult thing absolutely necessary to a fast crew; in the present crew the time has been poor for the last week. Some men go back too far-a dangerous fault hard to get over...