Word: reached
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...these questions, which he would find treated piecemeal in the newspapers are discussed in their entirety in a class debating club. This good with two others--ease in expressing one's thoughts in public and a correct habit of thought in examining live questions--are easily within the reach of even those who see in themselves no promise as great debaters or who have no such ambition...
...last year's and physically is one of the strongest eights that Harvard has produced in recent years. The general watermanship, however, is poor, and the men are rough and awkward. The boat has shown a tendency to hitch between strokes, due to the men hanging at the full reach and rushing their slides. In this respect, however, they are improving rapidly and the boat is now moving more smoothly. The men get a good finish in their stroke, but lack the hard biting catch so marked in the Yale crew; they do not catch hard enough or quick enough...
...fielding of Clarkson and of Skilton deserves especial commendation, both players accepting the most difficult chances without error. But while the fielding of the nine was encouraging, the inability to hit was disheartening. The men seemed unable to get their eye on the ball, and when they did reach the ball, were unable to place it out of the reach of the fielders...
...fifteen men. At the bat, out of a total of six turns, he made one home run, two singles, one sacrifice hit, and drew two bases on balls. Carr made one of Harvard's two errors by a wild throw over first base, which allowed the batter to reach third. He failed, however, to make a hit, being unable to time the slow ball. Clarkson accepted his one chance in centre field and made one two base hit and two singles and drew one base on balls. Randall made three hits, including a home run, but did not run bases...
...marked effects are yet apparent. The men have partially overcome their greatest fault of rushing, but the slides are not yet as well under control as they should be. At present, the crews are having their chief difficulty in training the blades close to the water at full reach and getting a quick turn-over...