Word: finer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Present indications are that today's game with the Carlisle Indians will be one of the hardest of Harvard's season. Every year the Indians have made an up-hill fight against adverse conditions, but this year they have grasped the finer points of football and are particularly strong. No defense, however, that they can employ should prevent Harvard from scoring, for reliance can be placed not only upon the end interference, but also upon the plays through the line, especially with Kendall and Ellis playing. With his long punts, Hallowell should equal Hudson in kicking. Skilful as the latter...
...rudimentary portion of the practice, the cage has ample space, and even permits low punting. Yesterday, however, Lewis and Burden continued the lessons in breaking through, which have formed in important part of the work of the last few days. Meanwhile, Coach Dibblee gave the backs some of the finer points of their positions in connection with starting and interfering...
...baseball practice yesterday afternoon was conducted in the same manner as the day before, with the exception that games of four innings instead of two were played by the nines. The fielding was looser, but the men backed up each other well, and showed a fair knowledge of the finer points of the game. Of the pitchers, Coburn was again the most effective, although slightly wild at times. However, he gave very few bases on balls in comparison to the other pitchers. The following men appointed temporary captains of the four nines...
There are still, of course, many individual faults, which the practice or the coming weeks is sure to minimize. Yet nearly all the players have been picking up, little by little, those finer points which are not usually displayed until later. That cannot help being the case, however, for the competition is so close that two or three men could be found to fill with credit almost any position. Only in the centre is there a certain weakness. But the appearance yesterday in the play of A. R. Sargent will do something toward strengthening that part of the line...
...time of the break in the crew's work, the form had been fairly good, and Mr. Cook was turning to the finer points of the stroke. To be sure, there was an extremely annoying tendency to rush the work in almost every part of the stroke and the slides were an especially difficult matter for the coach. The blade work had been steadily improving and the snap and spirit of the members admirable. It is yet to be seen how all this will be affected by the illness of Williams and the longer absence of Wickes who will...