Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...class crew has been given a trial for the last two days at number four on the University eight. Farley and Bacon have been moved up from the four-oar and are now rowing at two and six, respectively on the University crew. These changes have made the boat somewhat unsteady, but in short stretches fairly good form and speed have been shown. A slow stroke of not over twenty-four is being tried in order to break the men of the habit of rushing the recovery and especially the slides...
...chief weakness of the Freshman team is its weak hitting and careless base-running. A steady improvement has been shown in fielding, although it is still somewhat erratic. The team will be severely crippled by the loss of Lovering, the catcher, who had a finger split open in the game with Milton Academy last Wednesday. Last Saturday afternoon the Yale freshmen defeated the Princeton freshmen in a 10-inning game by the score of 8 to 7. The Brown freshmen, who defeated the Freshmen last Monday by the score of 7 to 4 have been defeated by the Yale freshmen...
...most recent games the Brown team has shown great improvement over the work of the early part of the season. Tift has pitched steadily, and at times brilliantly. The batting also has improved and the main weakness seems to be in fielding, as this is somewhat erratic. Last year the University team did not meet Brown as both games were cancelled on account of bad weather. In 1903 Harvard won by the score...
...divided into two four-oars. The orders of these two crews are entirely provisional, neither having been definitely selected as the University four-oar. Last year the second and third crews were not broken up until June 2, but it has been thought expedient to pick the four-oars somewhat earlier this season...
Yesterday afternoon before leaving the team was given a short practice in fielding and batting. The work was carried on with excellent dash and speed, although the men were somewhat wild in their throws. Mahar, who may play on Saturday, was in right field, and Bradbury was at short-stop in place of Matthews who was given a rest...