Word: respected
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Carr played hard and fast, and made the most of his chances. His catch of a short bunt fly was brilliant. Kernan at catcher failed to hold strikes, showing in this respect no improvement over his work in former games. H. Kernan played well in the field and batted well for his first game, his whole work showing good spirit...
...change in the nature of the coaching yesterday marks an advance in the work of the crews. Previously Coach Higginson had been devoting most of his attention to perfecting the catch, and in this respect, both crews have shown marked improvement. Now, however, work on the finish of the stroke has begun. Special attention is given to keeping the blades buried at the end of the stroke, and finishing strongly...
...times very loose, and would not have been effective against strong teams. There were a great many errors and instances of poor judgment, which were all productive of runs for the opponents; and the batting was so scattered and unreliable that no team play in this respect was possible. The batting work was not so steady or effective as last year, and several of the positions were fielded weakly. Two places in the outfield still remain unsettled with no candidate of even medium ability for either, and the make-up of the infield is very unsatisfactory. The only very encouraging...
...second rebuttal speech for Harvard was delivered by Reed. He said that the affirmative held that however disastrous the effects of enforcing this law would be, the executive should nevertheless blindly enforce it, in order to increase respect for law. But it hardly seems that the enforcement of a law which produces disastrous results would increase respect for law. The fact is that it has been shown impossible to enforce this law. If the people of New York could be brought to respect and obey the law the case would be entirely different, but now if you try to enforce...
...exercise discretion in regard to this law and not in regard to others? Non-enforcement means blackmail, because it means the exercise of discretion by patrolmen, and it means the disregard of law which breeds lynching and anarchy. Strict enforcement means the setting of a true example of respect for law, and making the people better citizens...