Word: faults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...base running and coaching. In this respect our nine's play has been wretched in almost every game which it has played this year, and if it had not been for its splendid fielding and heavy batting we should have lost more than one game simply through this fault. There are doubtless, reasons why every man cannot be a good base runner, but there is no excuse for the poor coaching, which has cost us many a run this season. If there is anything which disgusts spectators it is to see a man fail to make a base when opportunity...
...evening at its second presentation of Julius Cxsar. The play passed off more smoothly and the actors were much more at home in their parts than on Monday evening. Indeed, the self-possession of all was one of the most striking merits of the performance. Perhaps the most noticeable fault was the indistinct enunciation of some of the characters who, in their endeavors to disguise their natural voices, lost distinctness at times in their delivery. The acting was unconstrained and showed a certain ease and naturalness not often found among amateur performers. The mob was almost perfect, rivalling any rabble...
...looks at the presentation of this play, as an effort of professional actors, there are many personal faults that can be mentioned, and some of them, from this standpoint are glaring. But, one commits a serious mistake by judging the personal acting with this spirit. The play was an earnest endeavor of amateurs, and one cannot expect the personal excellencies of professionals, Mr. Jones as Brutus lacked many of the essential attributes of that character, but as Antony, he showed a good conception of his part, and a ready and well marked adaptation of action and speech to his ideal...
...such as to make it almost absolutely certain that Harvard is to take the lead at last in this branch of sport. All the games remaining to be played will take place on our own grounds, and if any are lost it will be as much the fault of the college as of the nine. Yet we are far from advising the nine to trust to its past record for future success. It is only an unbroken succession of victories that can assure us the pennant...
There is one point to which we would like to call the attention of the officers of the H. A. A. It is an unfortunate fact that the spring games and the first freshman game with Yale have both been arranged for next Saturday. It is true that the fault does not lie with the officers of the H. A. A., for the date of the game with Yale has been arranged within the past two weeks; but if these two events come off at the same time, great difficulties occur: first, if the sports take precedence, the freshmen will...