Word: hards
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...yesterday was cancelled early in the afternoon, owing to the softness of the regular diamond and the high wind. Most of the first team accompanied the Bates squad to the American League game on Huntington avenue. All the men were given a much needed lay-off after the hard week's work in the South in the hope of getting them in first class condition for the Dartmouth game on Saturday...
Bates apparently has a faster team than last year, when Harvard shut them out, 4 to 0, in a slow game with Greene in the box. They have victories over Tufts, Andover and Exeter to their credit, and have hit the ball hard in all their games. Johnson, who will pitch this afternoon, allowed Harvard only five scattered hits last year, but received poor support. The batting orders: HARVARD. BATES. Harvey, c.f. c.f., Bridges McCall, 2b. l.f., Rogers Dexter, l.f. r.f., Wight Simons, s.s. 1b., Bowman Pounds, r.f. c., Boothby Waters, 1b. s.s., Cobb Pritchett, 3b. 2b., Cole Currier...
...clock. A fine rain was falling in the afternoon; but the team dressed in the Naval Academy Gymnasium and had outdoor fielding and batting practice. The ground and ball were very slippery, which caused several errors; but the fielding on the whole was good and the batting hard. Brennan and Hartford did the pitching...
...University crew seems lifeless, and during the last few days has not been rowing together well, rushing the slide and slow at the catch. Yesterday the University and second crews had a short spurt, and the second crew, rowing at a higher stroke than the first, pushed them hard. The second crew has been rowing rather irregularly in the orders, and Burr, who has sat at 5, will not be able to row again this year, as he has left for England on account of family illness. Hanfstaengl has been rowing in his place. Fish has not rowed...
...track, which has been carefully rolled and brushed, should be hard and firm by this afternoon. The field itself, which has been covered with canvass during the recent bad weather, should offer good footing for the weight men, while the high and broad jumpers as well as the pole vaulters should experience no difficulty...