Word: snap
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ball was knocked to Wiestling and he clearly threw the man out at first. But the umpire called the man safe, and two runs were scored. This disheartened the Harvard nine, for they had been playing against the umpire throughout the game, and after that their playing lacked snap. Campbell's hands were in a terrible condition, and pained him greatly throughout the game but he pluckily stuck the game out. In the eighth inning he was struck by a foul tip and had had to stop playing for a few minutes. After that Boyden evidently...
...defeats of the first of last week had a marked effect upon the Lacrosse team. In Saturday's game they went to work with great snap and vigor, and ran up a score of 4 to 1 really against the team which beat them 3 to 1 last Monday. The men are shaking in well together now, but this fact should not make them over confident. The fine work done by Stevens at Hoboken last year must not be forgotten or under estimated between now and the game. This week should be spent in perfecting the team play which...
Harvard played a very strong fielding game, every one playing well and with snap. Their base running was also very fine. Bowdoin played a loose fielding game, and Soule was the only man who seemed able to hit Boyden at all. The score...
...college songs which opened part two of the programme were sung with great snap and vigor. The Skating Song appealed to the audience particularly and Schneider's Band created great merriment...
...they certainly did to ourselves. Since then the various athletic organizations have considerably increased the severity of their training. The University Crew, owing to the mildness of the weather, have been able to row in the harbor very frequently during the past week, but owing to this cold snap they will again have to be content with their regular gymnasium work. Long runs and walks continue to be the characteristic feature of the work of the men training for the Mott Haven team, and the candidates for the nine are necessarily still limited to their work in the cage. Great...