Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thought at Harvard that the freshman team will be a poor one this season and that Yale's freshmen will easily capture the honors.- Princetonian...
Candidates for the freshman nine at Yale are in training under the supervision of the members of the University nine. They are coached daily in base-running and sliding. No practice in batting is given on account of the poor light in the cage. At the rink, a building near the colleges, practice in passing and the work of the batteries is carried on. No men have been dropped as yet, but the number will be reduced in a few days. There is great interest displayed by the different candidates and some remarkable ability has been developed. The battery...
...this reduction would destroy our protective system: The President's Puzzle, N. Am. Review, March; Speech of Senator Frye upon the Message, pam.; Speech of John Sherman, Jan. 4, 1888.- (b) Whether a protective system promotes or retards the welfare of the United States, its sudden abolition would be poor statesmanship...
...nine. Of last year's team, Stagg, Dann, Spencer, McConkey, Noyes, Stewart and Hurst, and substitutes Heyworth, Osborn, McClintock and Wurtenberg are candidates again this year. The new men are doing very good work. Phelps, P. G., who played in his class team while in college is a poor batter, although a good fielder...
Dickerman, a substitute in the Amherst nine in '86, is a good batter, but poor fielder. Calhoun, a member of the '90 team last year, is a sure batter and fine base runner, but unsteady in his fielding...