Word: slow
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard made her winning run in this inning. Stevenson got as far as third base on his hit. Adams was hit by the ball and went to first. Highlands was thrown out at first and Stevenson started for home on the play, Smith was slow in fielding the ball home and Stevenson scored. The score...
...stretch, was on even terms with the first Yale man, while Marshall had passed Bingham. The two leaders ran neck and neck for the last fifty yards, Bingham winning by a few feet from Marshall, with Vincent third. The mile run was a disappointment to Harvard. Morgan set a slow pace for three laps, with Coolidge at his elbow and Wadhams and Emerson well up. In the last lap Coolidge increased his speed and took the lead, but at the last turn he weakened and fell back. Emerson came up from the rear with surprising speed and almost beat...
...abandon the river. The order in which the men rowed is radically different from anything heretofore tried, and may be said to be permanent. The most significant change is that of Bullard to stroke. Hollister, who has rowed at that position during most of the season, is rather slow, and is also too inexperienced for the most important position in the boat. Fennessy and Watriss, the two most finished oarsmen in the crew, at 7 and 6 respectively, have the ability to pass up about any sort of stroke Captain Bullard chooses to set. Hollister...
...first speaker for Harvard was Charles Grilk, of Davenport, Iowa. His speaking was easy and persuasive, but his delivery was rather slow...
...outfield Hayes was very slow in starting after the ball. Burgess accepted four chances without an error and Rand in left covered a great deal of ground and made one fine catch of a very difficult fly. He and Burgess show a great tendency to get in each other's way when after fly balls, but this is due to lack of coaching more than anything else...