Word: slights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University Freshmen will, however, be without the services of R. S. Hubbard, who has been at 4 all the season, but who is now being given a rest on account of slight indigestion. J. D. Jameson, whom the coaches consider one of the strongest oarsmen on the squad will take his place; he has already been tried out in the first shell and works in very well...
...second and third places in the other field events are less certain. Cruikshank for the Elis will have a difficult task to outhurl Brown with the hammer. On the whole the seconds and thirds in the field events should be fairly well distributed with the University a slight favorite...
...definite shake-up in the University team has marked the few days following the Dartmouth game, and although it is undecided whether Goode or Russell will first go on to the mound, the other positions will be filled by the men who held them on Saturday. A slight change in the batting order may bring increased power. Lincoln, a fast base runner, is lead off man instead of Conlon, who has shifted to Lincoln's former place at number three. Owen is still clean-up hitter, but Blair, rather than Janin, immediately follows him, Janin batting eight. Although Buell started...
...hundred yards the stroke lowered the beat with the Navy as low as 28 or 30 and using its tremendously long follow-through, while Princeton and Harvard held the beat higher at 32 or 34. As the shells cut through the water against the strong current and the slight head wind everyone was expecting to see the midshipmen settle into a stroke whose power would drive them into the lead, while Princeton and Harvard fought it out for second place. But the spurt did not come and Annapolis' far-heralded eight hold close to the Crimson and the Orange...
...chances of the meet now being held are very slight. There is a possibility of the Association's obtaining planes from the Curtis company, but the cost of renting and insuring the necessary number is likely to prove too heavy for this plan to be considered...