Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...candidates for the freshman crew have been placed in the hands of P. D. Rust '98, the 'varsity coxswain. Yesterday afternoon eight of the men took a short row in a barge. Naturally their work was very poor but here are a number of heavy men who may with a little training be able to do good work...
...work of sifting out the men keeps going on and until this has proceeded a little further it will be almost impossible to have any team play. The physical condition of the men just now is very good and the real reason why the playing has been so poor is simply that the men are changing positions so often...
...second half Harvard lost repeatedly for offside play, and began to loose heart. Finally, by reason of Harvard's poor playing and good rushing, Dartmouth had the ball only 25 yards from Harvard's goal. Then they lost it on account of a fumble. Harvard kicked, and a moment later Dartmouth punted back to Harvard's 10 yard line, which was the nearest they came to Harvard's goal...
...backs ought to have been good enough to make gains. In the first half were Hayes, Weld and Dunlop. The last named was the best on ground gaining, which he did chiefly through center, where Shaw and Holt made good holes for him. But at punting he was poor, sending the ball high in the air but making little gain. Finally, in the last half, Brewer had to do the punting...
...Poor, E W, 31 Stoughton