Word: speed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...university four-oar, and Weed, at stroke, rowed the same position in the gentlemen's four of two years ago. The crew rows the long, steady stroke with a slow recovery which is characteristic of Cornell crews, but the eight as yet has not shown anything above the average speed, and is far behind the University crew in racing experience and weight...
Princeton, N. J., May 24, 1909.--The University baseball team won its second game from Princeton this afternoon by the score of 4 to 1. Clean hard hitting at the right time, fast fielding, and Hicks's remarkable speed were the chief factors in Harvard's victory...
...batting orders of both teams will be the same as last Saturday, with the one exception that Hicks will pitch for Harvard. Captain Currier has sufficiently recovered from the injury to his finger to resume his position behind the bat, and with his return the team should display more speed than in the Brown game. White and Dawson will again be the battery for Princeton...
...first time this year the regular infield played together. There was not much chance for team play, but individually the men played well. MacLaughlin has only two chances, both of which he handled easily. Simons showed his usual speed in getting the ball to first. Currier again led at the bat with three hits out of four time up. MacLaughlin followed him with two out of three, one of them a three-bagger...
...Rogers '11; tackles, H. K. Bush '11, H. Hooper '10; guard, R. T. Fisher '12; centres, F. A. Forster '10, F. D. Huntington '12; quarterback, E. P. Pierce, Jr., '12; backs, T. Frothingham, Jr., '12, G. E. Morrison '12. Throughout the practice these men have shown speed, accuracy in handing the ball, and aggressiveness in play...