Word: slow
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Cabot had a tendency to jump when he saw he was going to be tackled, did not use his head about following interference and was slow in starting, and his kicks, though long, were terribly slow...
...were out in football clothes coaching the men. Lewis and Crosby also instructed the men in tackling and interference. The players seemed to have little life. They lacked determination in all their plays. Many of the men played as if they were afraid of being injured and were slow in getting started. As a whole the practice was exceedingly commonplace...
...Harvard's half, Whittemore got his base on balls but was forced at second on Cook's slow grounder to Carter. Dickinson then got first on Murphy's error, while Cook went to third. Dickinson started to steal on the next ball. Greenway threw to Murphy, whereupon Dickinson started back toward first. While trying to run him down Case made a poor throw and Cook scored. Paine went out on a fly to Speer and Scannell struck...
...crew is something which is a pleasure for every Harvard man who is following the crews on the Thames with any degree of critical interest. In the week just finished, the Harvard crew has not made rapid strides towards that perfection of stroke at which every crew aims, but slow though noticeable improvements are evident. Though the watermanship is still manifestly inferior to Yale's, it has improved markedly in a week...
Brown won its first game in the series with Harvard on Saturday. The playing was very slow and the game most uninteresting. The Harvard team lacked life and snap. Captain Wiggin was away and his place in centre field was filled by Hayes. Owing to injuries to both O'Malley and Scannell, Corbett caught. His throwing to bases was very reckless and he had five passed balls. Highlands's pitching was fairly effective, confining Brown to five hits, with a total of seven. For Harvard, Dickinson and Cook played the best game in field, but the whole team seemed...