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Word: slowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been better. He struck out eight men and allowed but two hits in the last eight innings. Even the slump in the first inning was less his fault than the score would indicate, as Gammons' home run would hardly have been made more than a base hit but for slow work by Beale and Burgess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROWN WINS. | 5/6/1897 | See Source »

...handle the ball but to take it quite as a matter of course. Twice, after fumbling the ball, he made no effort at all to recover for a throw. Dean also made two bad errors, one of which let in a run. Chandler played steadily, but was altogether too slow in getting the ball across to first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROWN WINS. | 5/6/1897 | See Source »

...lightest of the four, but seven men have rowed in races before and six sat in last year's Freshmen boat. The men reach out well on the catch and have a strong body swing. Their leg work, however, is not good and they are heavy and slow at the beginning of the recover. The order of the crew in the boat, their ages, weights and heights are as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/5/1897 | See Source »

...stroke. Wood, 5, settles at the finish and tends to drop over at the full reach. McBurney (captain) 4, rolls his head, but rows long and smoothly. Butler, 3, rows around his oar and his time is poor. Richards, 2, is very short on body reach and slow on the recover. Robinson, bow, forgets to bevel his oar sufficiently and tends to clip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WELD CREWS. | 5/3/1897 | See Source »

...power when once applied is well sustained to the finish of the stroke. On the whole, barring further accidents, the crew should make a strong bid for a front place on race day. Conroy who has replaced Holden at stroke, tends to bury his oar too deep and is slow on the catch. Dinsmore, 7, has a tendency to clip and is weak on blade work. Davis (captain), 6, does not swing over the keel, rows around his oar, and rolls his head. Coleman, 5, buries his oar too deep. Stoddard, 5, is late in getting his leg drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WELD CREWS. | 5/3/1897 | See Source »

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