Word: hardes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University team was given fairly hard practice yesterday afternoon. The work was sharp and fast, particularly that of the infield, and showed a great improvement over the listlessness displayed in the Carlisle game on Wednesday...
...June 10.--On account of the hard practice of the last few days all the crews were given a rest this morning. In the afternoon the first crew rowed down to the Navy Yard and back to the quarters at a 28 stroke. The work was not as satisfactory as yesterday, lacked smoothness, and at the catch the power was applied too hard and too soon. The four-oar took a long row and is improving rapidly. A change was made in the order of the Freshman eight today. The present order is as follows...
...been going through a stage of rather poor hitting recently, but showed signs of improvement in the Amherst game, owing partly to a change in the batting order. This has again been slightly changed, and, it is hoped, for the last time. The game this afternoon, should be hard and exciting as the Pennsylvania nine is stronger than it was on May 14, and the University team must show considerable improvement in batting if it is to do as well as it did on that...
...than to disconcert an opposing team, the game, whatever it may be, ceases to be a test of skill of the two teams, and becomes a general contest, in which cheering plays much too important a part. While Harvard cheers are not used to disconcert other teams, it is hard to see sometimes how they could help but disconcert our own team, for no welcome falls flatter than a fainthearted cheer, and applause and encouragement do not amount to much when only twenty or thirty respond out of several hundred. If we are to have cheering...
...practice of the University team yesterday was long and hard, but not very sharp as the men were careless in their play. Coburn will pitch this afternoon...