Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...later spurts. As a matter of fact, however, one crew or another is likely to start at top speed, particularly when several are in the race, and therefore the crews must be trained accordingly. It is extremely difficult and sometimes inexpedient to hold a crew down to a slow normal stroke under such conditions. On the whole, therefore, having regard to the impracticability of expending a long period in training, and considering the deleterious after-effects which are not infrequently connected with the longer contests, the three-mile event would seem somewhat better adapted for our American intercollegiate rowing contests...
...League is considerably above Harvard, having won every game played this season. Harvard has been seriously weakened by the loss of Captain Gilles, who was recently hurt in the game with Brown, and of Clark, who will be unable to play. The development of the team has been unusually slow this year. There have been no games for some time, because of the mid-years, so the team is not as good as it should be. The passing and general defensive work is good, but the team is weak on the offensive and at goal throwing. Mr. Velt of Trinity...
...Freshman hockey team was defeated by Andover yesterday afternoon by the score of 4 to 0. The slow work and inaccurate shooting of the Freshman forwards and the excellent goal keeping ofHeckscher ofAndover account for the defeat. For Harvard the best work was done by Aertsen and Sard...
...nine of the University squad came out on the rink at Holmes Field where the ice was cleared and practice held for about an hour. The forwards were drilled in charging down upon the goal-keeper, point and coverpoint, but owing to the rapidly falling snow, the passing was slow and no very satisfactory results were obtained...
...Junior basketball team defeated the Freshmen last night in the final game of the interclass series by the score of 60 to 12. The Freshmen lacked aggressiveness and were slow in following the ball. After the first few minutes of the game the result was not in doubt. The Junior team displayed a surprising accuracy in passing and receiving the ball, and played throughout the game with excellent team work. They played much harder and faster than the Freshmen and kept the ball in their possession most of the time...