Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...graduates performance of "Prince Punjab" was given in the club house of the Pi Eta Society last night. The performance was more than usually smooth for a first night trial...
...last practice of the basketball team before the game with Yale tomorrow evening was held in the Gymnasium last evening. Although the team has failed to develop the fast and smooth team play which might be expected at the close of the season, the work last night showed considerable improvement over the crude playing in the early part of the week. The men pass fairly well, the chiefs faults in this particular being a tendency to neglect chances for long, open throws. This fault often serves to give the opposing team time to cover thoroughly before the ball reaches...
...team the men now play well together. They tend, however, to overrun and fumble the ball in many critical moments. Against a team which relies on passing and smooth teamwork, as does the Cornell five, this tendency to ragged play is a severe handicap...
...race was by far the closest and most exciting that has taken place on the river for several years, although all the crews rowed rather badly. The course was smooth, in spite of a slight head wind. The first Weld took a hard spurt at the start, and got a little ahead of the other crews. At the quarter-mile the first Newell drew ahead of the first Weld, and the second Newell fell about half a length astern of the other crews. By this time the first Newell had settled down to a long stroke, not above thirty, while...
...recent years. For an eight-oared crew the average weight of the men is very heavy, to the minds of some too heavy; yet with all their weight, the men are not awkward in the boat. Their blades go in fairly well together, their inboard work is smooth and the boat travels well between strokes. To the layman the stroke seems to differ somewhat from that of former years and shows the effect of professional coaching. This is especially marked in the last part of the stroke, the men getting a hard catch, a strong, steady push with the legs...