Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...playing for the most part was rather poor, though some of the new men showed up well. The batting was weak, but the wildness of the different pitchers may have accounted for it in a measure, as about half the men were sent to first on balls...
With the exception of Scudder's bad lobbing, the match was well played throughout, and was very close. In the third set, Forbes and Scudder had a lead of 3-1 and thirty love, but lost it through their own poor playing and Ware's good volleying...
...part to the retirement of several of the best men. Doucette injured his knee, Wheeler sustained a compound fracture of the nose, while Cochrance and Sullivan were both laid off with turned ankles. Their places were taken by Burden, Swain, Maguire and Cozzens. Burden did fairly well although his poor snapping at times had something to do with Maguire's inaccurate passing. The play of the 'Varsity during this half deteriorated considerably over their previous showing. The tendency to fumble became more marked, and the men played with less snap. The punting of both sides was very fair. Haughton, however...
...This was done without consulting with me-the only one who knew what that training had been-apparently unmindful of the many winning Harvard track teams in the past that had received advice from the same source, not considering the element of better men or the great disadvantage a poor track like Yale's was to a team trained and raced all the season on one of the best tracks in the country. The records made in the U. of P. games one week before did not show overtraining, and there was no suggestion of it from...
...that most of the men were overstrained at the time of the games in question. This was suggested in the first place with a full knowledge of what the work of the men had been, and after consultation with several members of the team. It is doubtful if the poor condition was all due to the actual work given the men from day to day. The frequent athletic meetings which were entered during the spring must also have done a great deal to keep the members of the team from being at their best in the games with Yale...