Word: slow
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Ninety-five did not play a very good game. The men lacked life, were very slow in lining up and blind to all chances to fall on the ball. They broke through quickly but almost always at the wrong moment; and consequently over-ran the back who had the ball. The eleven made some attempts at interference, but it was not very effective except at times around the left end where Boston Latin was rather weak...
...There will be a slow hare and hound run today...
Throughout the first half the freshman played a slow, weak game and Cambridge had no difficulty in getting through and stopping the runners back of the line...
...long time the growth of this new life, - this new civilization, was slow and uncertain. But the key-note of growth of culture is always the mingling of religious, social and political influences. In Gaul we find the starting point of this growth. Then Germany and the Celtic races began to have a definite place in the constitution of this new civilization. By degrees monasteries, schools and convents sprung up in all parts of Europe, and it is to this fact that we owe the knowledge which we have. For the collection of books in these various places have been...
...rest of the game, with one or two exceptions, all of Exeter's team play disappeared, and though the men played well individually, the work was too slow and deliberate, and it was evident that they had lost heart long before there was any occasion for doing so. It was Andover's turn to show what she could do and she availed herself of Exeter's demoralization by some pretty work. Her play was in perfect unison, quick, plucky and energetic. Time and time again her rushers broke through Exeter's forwards for short, steady gains until Jennings carried...