Word: slow
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...breaking of day on the wide ocean,' his awe at 'the cold and angry skies' and 'long heavy ugly seas' off the Cape, who have seen with him the 'malignant' brightness of the lightning in the tropical storm, the yellow California sunshine and the gray California fog, and the slow stately motion of the groaning Antartic icebergs with the whirling snow about their summits...
...practice can form a fair basis for assumption, the present period of development in the University eleven is a critical one. At no time has the main difficulty which the coaches have encountered stood out more clearly in the path of the team's progress; the squad seems discouragingly slow to learn. The great inexperience of the men in comparison to other years is probably the main reason for this, but it is certain that the training given cannot possibly be as complete as that which last year's eleven received, for the apparent slowness of the men to "catch...
...first race of the season was against Annapolis on the Severn during the April recess. The University won a rather easy victory in the fairly slow time of 6 minutes, 53 seconds for the Henley distance, crossing the line about three lengths ahead of the Navy boat. Between this race and the Cornell contest, much time was given to preparing for the latter event, although the New London regatta was always kept in mind as the real end of the season...
...afternoon Coach Wray accompanied the University crew in a single, and rowed the men for short, hard stretches at top speed. After which they took a short spin with the stroke at 34. The emphasis today was laid particularly on a hard finish with a snappy recovery and a slow, easy slide...
...first inning passed without event. In the second, with Princeton retired on infield plays, Gannett started off with a single to right. He was sacrificed to second by Harte, and crossed the plate when Gill took Hardwick's slow one and bowled the ball on the ground to right field...