Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Since this last overhauling, nothing more has happened in the way of shifting on the first crew. The crew has yet to show its true calibre, for imperfect shell equipment has been one of the main causes for the poor preliminary record of this year. A new and heavier Davy shell was brought into use about the first of June, and this should overcome any such handicap. The crew, as has been said, is a heavy one with the emphasis in development placed on staying power. The defeats by Pennsylvania and Cornell have not shaken the confidence of the coaches...
...paper Tufts has a much heavier hitting combination than Coach Mitchell has yet produced. Both Captain Stafford and Leland, who plays right field, are hitting above the 400 mark, while five more of the regulars have averages of 350. The University list shows but four men better than 300, with Mahan the only man on the team capable of reaching the 350 mark...
...advantage, for while the University averages two pounds more in the line with a figure of 186, the visitors have a distinct advantage in the backfield. Their quartet averages 172 pounds, while Harvard's averages 163. From tackle to tackle, the figures are 193 and 192, Cornell being the heavier...
...from a single week's drill in fundamentals, it is plain that the Freshman line will be a light one. V.N.H. Bates, C. A. Clark, E. S. Brewer, and M. Phinney have done good work in this department, but it has been found expedient to move several of the heavier backs...
...these will be open to the public view, and also where they face the great court and two minor courts which are a striking feature of the architectural plan. In inter- ior courts and similar locations cream-colored brick will be used. Near the bases of the walls, some heavier stone is used, in accordance with architectural practice. This is called the base-course, and is being constructed out of pink granite from Townsend, Mass. About two-thirds of this is now in place or just ready for setting. One hundred and forty-two carloads of limestone, which material will...