Word: lamely
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...sprints, Haigh and Clerk are doing good work. Butler has been suffering with a lame leg, which has prevented him from doing his best. Rust and Manson have come up to expectations, and with Clerk and Lightner, make the quarter-mile strong. In the half-mile, Applegate has not yet come up to his last year's form, and at present is inferior to Boynton, Swan and Behr. H. B. Clark has twice run the mile in 4.36 under adverse conditions. He finishes strongly and will probably do even better work as soon as the weather becomes warmer. Waller, Knowles...
Devens is slow and awkward, and has been troubled some by a lame arm which may, however, be better in the warm weather. He has not shown much improvement in headwork. His batting is good...
...father for more, pretending to be hard at work in Bourges. Through the clumsiness of Crispin, by whom the letter was to be delivered, Lisidor's suspicions are aroused; for Crispin lost the real letter and, being afraid of his master, prepared a poor imitation of it, giving some lame excuses for strange lapses in his recollections of Bourges...
...knee, and will not be able to play for a week. Gierasch also has an injured knee, and as it has been hurt before, it is impossible to say when he will be out again. Campbell also did not play on account of his ankle, which is slightly lame...
...more, pretending to be hard at work in Bourges. Through the clumsiness of Crispin, by whom the letter was to be delivered, Lisidor's suspicions are aroused; for Crispin lost the real letter and, being afraid to tell his master, prepared a poor imitation of it, giving some lame excuses for strange lapses in his recollections of Bourges...