Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...only player on the University team who was not confused by the poor ice and the closeness of the score. Willetts played fairly well, but Dr. Newhall at coverpoint played too far out from his position and often allowed the Princeton forwards to pass him. Pell was extremely slow in following back and M. Newhall at the opposite end did not make sufficient use of the sides. Macleod seldom followed in on Townsend's long shots for goals...
...team as a whole is not as far advanced as at this time last year. Since the recess the forwards, however, have improved materially in stick work and in ability to follow and keep possession of the puck. Townsend and Macleod follow back well, but the other forwards are slow in starting...
...reported in the Cage yesterday afternoon for the first baseball practice of the season. Under the direction of Coach Coburn, the battery candidates were given light work in throwing and catching. In order that the men might not over-exert themselves at first, all the passing was careful and slow. In the practice of the fielding squad the men were coached in fielding slow grounders and in passing the ball to first base...
...short period in the second half showed any ability to rally. Both teams committed many fouls, but neither was able to profit by the opportunities for scoring thus offered. On the defensive the team did not come up to expectations. In passing and handling the ball the men were slow and erratic, and in every way showed lack of experience and practice...
...action of the players before the words reach the ear. Sganarelle's daughter is sick of love for her Clitandre. Her dull old father is too stupid to see the only cure. Wiser is the daughter's companion, the sage Lisette--wise beyond her years. She tells slow-witted Sganarelle that it will be a death-bed unless physicians are summoned. There is safety in numbers thinks the old man, and four doctors answer his call--pure figures of burlesque, and a little bitter burlesque, for Moliere had small faith in the pretentious practitioners of his time. They are portentously...