Word: highly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Four Weld and five Newell crews went out on the river Saturday in spite of very unfavorable conditions. Owing to the coldness and the high wing, the crews rowed for only a short time. The Newell Seniors, Juniors, First Sophomores and First Freshmen raced from the boathouse to the Stillman Infirmary and back. Going up-stream, the Seniors won by a quarter of a length; and on the return, the Freshman crew won by a few feet. In each race the last crew was less than a length behind the winner...
...operate with the treasurer in making the income of the Union pay its expenses, so far as possible without curtailing any of the proper privileges of the club. Expenses for luxuries have been avoided so far as possible in view of the heavy extra expense caused by the high price of fuel, the increase in taxation, and the rent charged by the Corporation. For this reason the entertainments have been made as simple and inexpensive as possible, the free telephone, which was used to excess by the members, has been taken out, and open fires and afternoon tea were...
...almost entirely of a game between two scrub teams. The men found little difficulty in hitting the slow pitching of Castle and Taylor, but their work as a whole lacked steadiness. The infielders played a hard, fast game and showed considerable improvement over their work in the cage. The high wind, however proved very injurious to accurate playing on the part of the outfielders. The practice was directed solely by B. Wendell...
...cage, and afterwards the outfielders were practiced in catching fly balls on the field and the infielders in stopping grounders and in running bases in the cage. B. Wendell '02 generally supervised the work, and Chesbro coached the pitchers. In the batting no marked improvement was noticeable, and the high wind blowing across the field made the outfielders uncertain of their catches. The play of the infielders was very fast, though at times inaccurate...
...pitched three innings, had good speed, and was very steady; he allowed only two safe hits; Allen finished the game in the box for Yale. The best individual playing was that of Raymond, the Wesleyan shortstop, who made a double play unassisted and a difficult catch of a high line ball...