Word: rather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...season yesterday afternoon at the hands of the Marlboros. The game was called at the end of the sixth innings to enable the Marlboros to catch a train. Austin and Choate were the battery for Harvard, and Henshaw and Bingham did not play. Both teams batted well, but fielded rather loosely...
...second half saw our team rather demoralized, the defence failed to cover and the shots made by the attack were weak and tired. Griffing did fine work in the defence field. His rushing elicited frequent applause. Morton made several fine stops. The South Bostons secured a third goal early in the half and the score remained unchanged to the end. The visitors were much more agile and clever with their sticks than our men and backed each other up most effectively...
...their long continued success. Some time yet remains before the first college game, and yesterday's lesson should be profited by, if the champion ship is to remain here another year. The season has been against our team, and the disadvantage can only be overcome by harder or rather more careful work, for nobody can accuse the lacrosse men of not working hard...
Harvard did some fine work. The Columbia men did not go to pieces as far as holding the ball is concerned, but between the base hits and the stolen bases they rather forgot what they were doing. They seemed a trifle dazed. Boyden, Henshaw, and Campbell did good work in the field, Campbell excelled at the bat and in base running. Wiestling also ran bases in great style. La Marche and Strebeigh carried off the honors for Columbia. Cameron and Willard both played good ball at first. The umpiring of Mr. Pearce gave universal satisfaction to the unprejudiced. Although...
...second half Harvard's attack did better team work at the start and Hale threw a goal at the end of seven minutes. Five minutes later some rather loose defence work which left goal impoverished allowed an independent to shuffle the ball through, making the score 2 to 1 which was not changed at the end of the game...