Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rainsford of New York preached in Appleton Chapel yesterday evening on the pressing need of university graduates in the work of reform among the poor of our large cities...
...pretty hit on which he might have perfectly well come home, but he kept turning around to look at the ball, and was thrown out at third. In the seventh inning in trying to make two bases Cobb's sacrifice, he was caught at the plate on a poor slide. In the same inning Bates was caught at second, when he had plenty of time to get back to the base...
...former. Bater and Upton were the battery and Soule took Dean's place at second; otherwise the team was unchanged. Clarence Smith '85 coached the team. The nine played a clean game in the field, but were not very effective at the bat. The nine's coaching was poor, several men being caught on bases. The team felt the absence of Captain Dean, and several times the men showed poor judgment in making plays...
...college has witnessed poor exhibitions of ball before; it has seen nines go to pieces and throw away games, but, it is safe to say, never before has this college been called upon to witness such a disgraceful attempt at playing ball as the freshmen gave yesterday afternoon on Jarvis field, when the Manual Training School defeated them twenty-two to four...
Tremont.- Poor Jonathan...