Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this time the New York men played a little loosely and out of position. Harvard saw it. Quick as a flash her men got the ball. By a succession of good throws and clever checking they got the ball to Harding. He was ready and by a quick throw made the first goal for Harvard. Time - 15 minutes. The score was tied...
...course, was to get the consent of the faculty to Stagg's becoming a member of the Bergen Point team. This was readily gained, but Captain Dann at first was much opposed to the idea of Stagg's leaving the team. Yale's popular and plucky catcher, however, saw that if Stagg became a member of the Bergen Point nine the college would not suffer as much as if he accepted a professional offer, and gracefully consented to the change. Stagg and Dann, without doubt, form one of the strongest amateur batteries that ever appeared on the diamond...
...soon as the Princeton team saw that the game was lost they resorted to personal remarks in coaching and to all the mean tactics known to base-ball and foot-ball. All this seemed the more absurd when the "rattling" process was started the score...
...again. As long as possible I tried to excuse the conduct of the men, laying it to freshness and over-enthusiasm; but when the crowd resorted to jeering the players of the other side in order to cause them to drop flies and make wild throws, and I saw the cheering led in one quarter by a substitute of the 'Varsity nine, conspicuous by his uniform cap, there seemed to be no further room for excuses and I was bound to confess that the old chivalrous tone prevading Harvard audiences on the ball field had departed. I am not alone...
...rowing daily, stripped to the waist, and their bodies are as brown as a nut from exposure. Then, too, Harvard men always have good coaching. Whether they win or not, no one can say that there has been a Harvard crew for years that has not rowed handsomely. I saw this year's Harvard eight on Charles river one day last week. They were returning from a long and arduous practice pull, and, although they were very tired, they were swinging along in that steamboat style which always makes Harvard so effective on race day. The men seem...