Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...game was slow and for the most part uninteresting. Amherst was weak in the box, and both teams played an erratic fielding game, a fact perhaps accounted for to some extent by the slippery condition of the field. Coburn struck out twelve men, gave no bases on balls and allowed only four scatered hits. Orrell struck out five men, hit six, gave five bases on balls and allowed six hits. Clarkson's catch of Storke's center-field fly in the fourth inning was one of the features of the game...
During the first six innings the game was mainly a pitchers' battle, and though enlivened by some fast fielding, was slow and uninteresting. Harvard scored in the second inning when Evans went home from second on Grant's single, and again in the sixth, when Giles reached third on an error by Church and was brought in by Mahar's single. Yale's two runs were made in the third inning, when Barnes made a two-base hit and Emerick a single. Both scored on Ford's single...
...practice. The University crew rowed over the four-mile course at a low stroke in about 24 minutes. For the first two miles the Freshmen paced the University boat, and rowing a slightly higher stroke, finished a length ahead. Rough water and a head wind account for the slow time. The four-oar rowed only short, easy stretches...
...first game of the interclass baseball series, the Freshmen defeated the Sophomores yesterday afternoon by a score of 21 to 4. The game was slow and uninteresting as the Sophomore team had had only one day's practice and was weak...
...necessary, but in my opinion the good effect of organized cheering is greatly exaggerated. If there is to be organized cheering there are one or two essentials. In the first place there must be dash, enthusiasm, and speed to the cheer. Nothing is more depressing than a slow drawling cheer from one's own adherents, especially if the opponents cheer with confidence and enthusiasm. In the second place, continuous cheering a team that is believed to be beaten is almost always detrimental. The players always realize more than the spectators the task that is before them, and continual cheering...