Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...field was very weak. On the contrary the batting was discouraging. Coolidge, Wendell and Clarkson each made two of the six hits, the rest of the nine knocking out flies or easy infield balls, with a total of seven strike-outs against a pitcher who delivered a very slow ball. The base running showed some improvement since the last game, and the fielding was on the whole fairly good, with the exception of errors by Coolidge, Stillman, and Skilton. Colby's one run was due to poor judgement on the part of the battery...
...University nine defeated Exeter yesterday in a slow six-inning game by a score of 13 to 2. Although the batting showed some improvement, the twelve hits made were due mostly to the inefficiency of the Exeter pitcher and the runs to Exeter's errors and weak fielding. Harvard lost at least six runs through poor base-running, in which Daly and Carr were especially poor...
...base hit, thus scoring two runs. Stillman's work at the bat was discouraging; he struck out twice when runs were most needed, once with the bases full and again with men on second and third. Daly at shortstop made the only error for Harvard. Randall was slow in covering his base and did not handle ground balls properly. Kernan allowed Exeter one stolen base and was weak in his batting...
Harvard did not outplay Dartmouth. The hitting was very weak, due principally to Newick's strong pitching and good judgment, and except in one inning hits were not forthcoming when there were men on bases. In the field the work was very inaccurate and slow, and the men showed nervousness in handling infield hits. One fast and brilliant play took place in the sixth inning, when McGrath was caught between third base and the plate on Cregg's steal of second...
...condition, having had a good night's rest on the boat. The weather today is cloudy and it is likely to rain before the meet. This afternoon the men walked to Franklin Field, and looked over the track. None of them did any work except DuBois, who ran a slow half-mile...