Word: slump
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...look forward to. Brown, Carlisle and Dartmouth intervene in quick succession before the final and decisive contest, and it is no idle prediction to state that a repetition of yesterday's tactics will mean defeat at the hands of one or more of these strong teams. The mid-season slump is proverbial, and it has certainly appeared. In the coming games the team will have a chance to prove that the slump was only temporary, and if every player enters upon the games with the same fighting spirit which cropped out Saturday toward the end of the second half, Harvard...
...neared the goal line and went against the stiffened defense of the Springfield line it was held twice, both times within the 5-yard line. This lack of power at the critical moment was most discouraging and can only be explained by the fact that the annual mid-season slump is at hand...
...easily defeated 8 to 4, St. Mark's 3 to 2, and Andover 9 to 0. In a twelve-inning pitcher's battle with Stone's the Freshmen finally won by timely hitting, 4 to 3. Since the Stone's game, however, the team has had a decided slump, both in batting and fielding until within a week, when the University team was defeated in a six-inning game, 4-3, and the Brown freshmen defeated 3-0. During this slump two easy games were played, both of which resulted in very close scores, Milton being 3-1, and Middlesex...
...Freshmen made a strong showing against the University team on Monday, and appear to have recovered from their batting slump of last week. With Lanigan in the box they should easily win today's game...
...infielding practice this week has been taken up entirely with pivot plays and sliding. In the pivot plays the work has been very encouraging and the throwing has improved. As was expected the batting of all the men fell off considerably. This slump, however, was due entirely to the use of the curves...