Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...four points to nothing; but they also saw more than that. They saw Harvard for the first half hour play as poor a game as it is possible for a university team to play. Every man in the rush-line, without exception, tackled high, as high as they could reach. Brooks, who ought to set the team a good example, was fully as bad, if not worse than the rest of the men in this respect, time and time again jumping way up in the air in order to tackle a man not as tall as himself...
...itself. A man should not only be possessed of the truth, but he should also be master of the means for conveying that truth to his fellow men. To do that he must free himself from all mannerisms which stand as obstacles between himself and the people he would reach. One of the most powerful weapons of the man who would be a leader in public affairs, is the command of his voice. We are repelled or attracted by the tones by which a speaker employs, and it is therefore of the utmost value to the acter that...
...Bremner died at first. Stagg made a hit but was thrown out at second. Marsh struck out. Harvard. Edgerly flied out, Wiestling made a hit but was thrown out trying to reach third. Smith got second on errors, but was left by Phillips striking...
VIII. Bremner struck out, Stagg hit safely but was thrown out at second. Marsh reached first on balls and stole second, but Stuart disappointed the Yale men by striking out. Harvard, Foster went out at first. Henshaw made a rattling base hit and went second on a wild pitch. Edgerly made a beautiful hit which Sheppard fumbled, allowing Henshaw to score and Edgerly to reach second. A bad throw of Dann's sent Edgerly to third. Wiestling sent a long fly to Brigham which was neatly handled by him. Smith struck out, but Dann muffed the third strike, allowing Edgerly...
...Slumps badly at the full reach and at the finish. Slow on the recover, and rushes his slide. Doesn't pull his oar way through. Must be careful about his time. Tendency to be lazy...