Word: roundly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first round of 24 deals, the score stood: Harvard, 16; Yale 11. In the second round Harvard gained 14 tricks and Yale 3; in the third, Harvard gained 10 tricks and Yale 23, making the total score 40 to 37, in favor of Harvard...
...willing to enter such a league." The contest was one of the closest ever held, as is shown by the fact that the judges were out twenty minutes before they came to a final decision. The speaking on both sides was of a very high order. The best all-round man for Yale was C. S. MacFarland, who delivered his clear-cut arguments in a careful and convincing manner. Clark was good in argument, but was at times almost inaudible. The same was true to some extent of Studinski, whose form, however, was for the most part good. In form...
...following are the winners of the second round of the duplicate whist tournament and the drawings for the semi-finals...
...Biddle; 2, Brown; bow, Saltonstall. The crew as a whole lacks control of its slides and has also a tendency to hang at the full reach. The watermanship is good. More particular faults are a tendency in Byrd to break his arms at the catch. Swain at 4 pulls round and is slow about getting his oar away at the finish...
...work in the cage is very much the same as on the first day of practice. Each man is given six grounders to field and throw to first; this is followed by practice in quick starting and sliding. Then the squad is taken at a sharp run round to the Gymnasium by way of North Avenue, where they are put through dumb bell exercises. As a whole the squad, which now numbers about 35, has showed marked improvement; the men are not so awkward in sliding as at first, although they are still very slow at starting. The fielding...