Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...slow, though his base-running is fair. L. Grant is covering third base well both in handling short bunts and fast hits. At bat he bunts well, but has a tendency to hit high balls. Nichols at first base is a hard worker and covers a good deal of ground on foul flies. He has, however, fallen off in his batting within the last two weeks. Spencer, who is trying for centre field, is slow in starting and does not cover much ground. A lack of confidence is his most serious drawback at bat. His base-running, though fast...
While spirited, the latter work was very erratic, and exhibited a tendency on the part of some men to try to field ground balls before they had been really stopped. This resulted in much fumbling and wild throwing...
...spite of the bad weather Saturday, nearly the entire spring football squad of over thirty men reported for practice with commendable spirit. Owing to the softness of the ground the work was done in the cage. The practice consisted of starting, kicking and catching, signal work and individual coaching followed by a short...
Both H. D. Kernan '05 and L. J. Daly '03 cover a good deal of ground in the outfield, but both are weak in batting. H. V. Greenough '05 through slowness and inexperience in the position, covers but little ground. In batting, he fails to use his body in the swing. Both J. s. Lovering '03 and C. C. Bolton '05 are weak batters, and the latter is slow in fielding...
...soon as the ground is sufficiently dry the Freshman squad will practice on the west diamond and the second squad will be called out again and will use the diamond now used by the Freshmen...