Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...showed improvement in every department. Although for the first half of the game the men seemed unable to hit effectively, they gained as the game progressed a confidence and dash that was very encouraging after the noticeable slump during the game with Holy Cross. The batting rally, though slow in coming, consisted of a three-base hit a two-base hit, and two singles, and showed that the men have the ability to hit when necessary. The same confidence was shown in base-running, although in this respect some unnecessary risks were taken, noticeably when Leonard was caught...
...played a steady, effective game, never losing control of the ball. In the second half of the eighteenth inning Reid got to first on a single. He was advanced to third on a passed ball, and a few moments later scored the decisive run of the game on a slow grounder of Wells...
...dress rehearsal yesterday afternoon the play went off smoothly, although the principal actors were at times slow in taking their cues. The costumes, which were supplied by Hayden & Company, and the chorus dancing, which was coached by Lindsay Morrison, of the Castle Square Theatre Company, were especially good. The best songs were "The Historical Novel" and "Soldiers of Fortune...
...have been on the river daily during the past week. Two Senior and two Junior crews are rowing from the Weld, coached by Rice, and two Sophomore crews from the University boathouse, coached by Vail and G. Bancroft '02. The crews have improved somewhat, but the Seniors are rather slow on the catch. The Juniors have a tendency to rush the slides, and frequent changes in the Sophomore boats have retarded their development...
...although at time brilliant, are erratic, the men failing to get in front of the ball properly. In throwing to bases improvement has been shown both in speed and accuracy. The work of the catchers is careless and very unsatisfactory. Although they hold the ball fairly well, they are slow in stepping out from behind the batter on a throw to bases. A number of the pitchers have developed excellent speed but have not as yet gained good control. The batting of the whole squad has fallen off, owing to a tendency to offer at bad balls and to strike...