Word: hand
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...following week, the development of the University crew was hindered by several of the men being incapacitated by heavy colds. The seconds, on the other hand, with the American Henley Regatta at Philadelphia in view, developed considerably. At this regatta, after easily winning the event for Junior eights, the seconds entered the race for Senior eights and won a close decision over the Union Boat Club and the Annapolis first crew, thus performing the remarkable feat of winning two races in a single day, and amply compensating for the defeat administered the University crew by Annapolis earlier in the season...
...reached its full maturity. Without sincerity there is no great art, but sincerity alone is not quite the whole story. Mr. Butler-Thwing's poems are marked by delicacy of feeling and a certain just refinement of phrase, but they lack directness of inspiration and first-hand freshness of speech. They are earnest, eager, painstaking and -- traditional. The author has not yet quite released himself from his models,--for a guess, Tennyson in poetry and Pater in the prose. Of the poems, "The Death of Penelope" is by far the longest flight; and it is well sustained. The poet...
...disposed of the field at Brookline, measures will be taken to replace it by partial preparation of the new one. It was at first feared that the Harvard fields would be over crowded by the University and Tech men, but Tech is going to have its own grounds at hand and presently a gymnasium that will follow the most efficient models...
...attempt to convince the Cercle Francais that a keg in the bush is entirely in a propos, not to say unnecessary, unless there is a stein in each hand, the nine good fellows of the Deutscher Verein after five hard innings took the measure of the Cercle Francais on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon to the tune of 14 to 13. The final score is more or less problematic because the last of the three umpires, about to announce the score, slipped on wet ground and broke his word. The knock-out drops of Francke and Pabst were too much...
Both sides fielded in sensational manner. In the eight, Dike hit a hard one to centre field which was labeled for three bases but by a fine burst of speed Milholland caught the ball with his glove hand. It was one of the most sensational catches ever seen on Andrews Field. Ormsby, the Brown right fielder per- formed at similar feat earlier in the game...