Word: hards
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...grounders and flies. Simons made some pretty stops, and all the other men came up to the mark. After Hartford had been given a long drill in fielding grounders, and throwing the ball to first, batting practice occupied the rest of the time. Almost everybody hit the ball hard, and several long liners were made off Slater and Bankin. The bunting was good on the whole, but might have been improved...
...University four-oar rowed two hard miles in the morning and three more in the afternoon. The Freshman four had light work in the morning and in the afternoon had a row for a short distance. O. R. Richardson '11, stroke, has been elected captain of the 1911 four...
Another week of hard rowing remains and then only a few days rest before the race. From all appearances it will be a race of an extremely lively and fast Harvard crew against the best Yale crew of recent years, with very little claim of superiority for either boat until they have actually measured their speed over the course...
...which took place at Worcester May 2, was very closely contested, and Holy Cross won by a 3 to 2 score. In that game Hicks faced Dowd, who did slightly better work than his opponent. The University team made six hits against eight for Holy Cross, but nevertheless batted hard most of the time...
...after the University crew had left the river and both the four-oars had light work. In the morning, however, the Freshman four was sent a mile on time, covering the distance in 5 minutes, 47 seconds, and the half-mile in 2 minutes, 55 seconds. The crew rowed hard all the way, but the time is not considered particularly encouraging. The University four-oared also rowed on the course in the morning. They did not try for speed, but were sent over the first half-mile at an easy gait, covering the distance in 2 minutes, 58 seconds...