Word: slow
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...these will be retained for some time, then two of them will be dropped. Fennessy is coaching the men at present and an effort is being made to secure a permanent coach. The work of the crew lacks snap; the leg drive is weak, the shoot is slow, and the arms break before the legs are down. The order is: Stroke, Kales; 7, Forbes; 6, Shepard; 5, Derby; 4, Greenough; 3, Dorman; 2, Frothingham; bow, Fairchild. The extra men are Rice, Fox, Barrett and Lincoln...
Yesterday the number of candidates for the university nine was reduced to twenty-four, who will probably remain with the squad until those to go on the Easter trip are selected. This includes those trying for battery positions. As a whole the men are altogether too slow and do not seem to be able to judge the ball accurately, fumbling being a common fault. This weakness is especially characteristic of the candidates for infield positions, particularly catcher and shortstop, which will be hard to fill acceptably. As yet no one has been found who could be depended upon at either...
Number 5, Perkins, weight 164, is inclined to weaken his leg drive after a few strokes, is very slow in the shoot and rushes his slide...
Stroke, Whitbeck, weight 164, does not row the stroke through and is ineffective after the catch; he is inclined to shorten his stroke very much and is slow on the shoot...
...rejecting of the proposed three mile run will certainly give considerable satisfaction to the spectators of the annual athletic contest, if not to the athletes themselves. A very long race is at best not an exciting contest to watch. The pace is necessarily slow when compared even with the mile run, and before many laps are passed the race generally changes to a procession. Then a three mile race is altogether too great a strain to put upon college athletes, most of whom are under twenty-one years of age. There are probably few men in the University...