Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...pitchers, McCornick, who pitched on the Johns Hopkins team last year, is showing up the best. He has good speed and curves, but not very good control. F. M. Wilder has had little experience, but may develop into a good pitcher. Foster is fairly good; he has pitched on Boston Latin and Roxbury Latin teams. Schwill, a left hander, has a good in-ball, but no control. Sands has just joined the squad. He has fairly good speed...
...rather too early to tell much as to the battery candidates. Of the comparatively new pitchers, Stearns '99 is doing very well; he is left handed, with good speed and fair curves. Paine '97, last year's pitcher, is first rate as usual, but he does not pitch his straight balls high enough to be effective...
Foster 1900, who played on Roxbury Latin last year, is rather small, but has fair speed and control. Of the Freshman pitchers, McCornick is easily the best, and should, with a year's training, develop into a first rate man. The other pitchers are all doing hard and conscientious work...
...conflict of dates set for the University boat race and for Class Day, speaks of the dissatisfaction which such a conflict will cause, "unless the circumstances of the choice are appreciated." These circumstances are that the crew chose June 25 because it would admit of more time for developing speed. If these extra two days are necessary why not go to Poughkeepsie two days earlier...
...need at least a week between races. The final choice of date was left to Harvard. The twenty-fifth is satisfactory to Cornell so the University crew yesterday decided on that date in order to gain the longest possible time at Poughkeepsie. As most attention is paid to the speed of a crew at the end of its period of training, and as the conditions at Poughkeepsie are very favorable for time rows, the weeks spent there in immediate preparation for the race are the most important of all. Accordingly, as it is wished to have all the crews...