Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...outfield has been much more unsettled, but the two old players have at last come up to their form and the arrangement of alternating the pitchers in the third position is working satisfactorily. The outfield is now fairly sure in its play, but has a tendency to be slow, especially in handling ground balls...
...June 14.--The University crew rowed over the four-mile course this evening in 21 minutes, 53 seconds. The row was up stream with a fairly strong wind in favor but no tide. The crew was not well together at the start and the first two miles were slow. Bancroft then raised the stroke to 32 and the last two miles went much better. The chief fault was that the men did not apply the power together. The crew finished in good shape for the first long row and the work was fairly satisfactory. The time was not especially good...
...bases on balls. With the exception of Reid's two wild throws the fielding was steady and good. The team, however, did not have the speed and cleverness that was shown in the Cornell game. Chicago was very unsteady in the field, making five very costly errors, and by slow throwing allowed Harvard to steal ten bases...
Chicago took the lead by scoring a run in the first inning. Place got a base on balls, and advanced to third on Reid's bad throw to catch him at first. T. B. Smith then knocked a slow ball toward first base, and Frantz, instead of throwing to the plate, ran back to touch the base, thus allowing Place to score. Harvard's first score was the three runs made in the third inning. Clarkson made a scratch infield single, stole second and went to third on Wendell's hit. Clark hit to right field, bringing...
Both pitchers were effective each striking out ten men. Alexander, however, showed a tendency to weaken at critical times. Welton caught well for Yale, and easily stopped Harvard's two attempts to steal. Parker, was slow in getting the ball off, and allowed the Yale runners to steal bases almost at will...