Word: slumping
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...slump of the past week was perhaps caused by too many games being played, and to Captain Leonard's absence from the team. It was expected that he would be able to play today, but it was thought better not to take chances, and therefore save him for the Cornell game on Saturday. His batting and steady fielding should materially strengthen the team. A marked improvement must be shown in batting especially, if the team is going to win games, and the tendency to go to pieces at times in the field must be eliminated...
Since the race with Annapolis on April 22, there has been a slight but noticeable slump in the work of the University crew. The boat is unsteady, and the strokes are carried through with uncertainty and lack of precision. This is not unnatural after the tension preceding a race has been removed...
Dartmouth began the season well by defeating Princeton 3 to 2, but soon afterwards suffered defeat at the hands of Yale by the score of 9 to 3, and again, during the same period of slump, was beaten by Columbia by the score of 4 to 2. Lately, however, Dartmouth has taken a brace, and may be expected to present a strong team this afternoon...
...after a touchdown or after a brilliant play, were the proper times to cheer. The team, he said, was wonderfully encouraged and sustained by such cheering. In his opinion, the coaching this year is as good as Harvard has ever had Captain Parker referred to the so-called annual slump. He explained it by saying that it was not a slump, but merely a period in which the men were individually assimilating what had been taught them, and that as soon as they had mastered this, their progress would be very rapid...
...afternoon. Brown has a strong, fast team and eight of their men are veteran players. Mayhew, the left halfback, is an exceptionally fast man, and was picked for the All-American eleven of 1906. There is a strong chance of Brown's winning today on account of the recent slump in the University eleven's playing. Whichever side wins the score will in all probability...