Word: speeds
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...have had to be refilled at practically the last moment, thus retarding the development of what might have been a very last crew. The Sophomores, also, have lost men from time to time. Their body work, however, is good and at times the crew has shown considerable speed. The Law School crew was not organized until after the other crews had been on the river for some time. The men are rowing the old stroke in fairly good form, and it seems probable that they will better the creditable showing made by last year's crew...
...innings the first team defeated the second team by a score of 7 runs to 2. The play on both sides was extremely listless, owing to the cold weather, which has retarded the work all through the week. During the first part of the game the pitchers showed fair speed and control but the batting was poor. Throughout the game the base-running was discouraging, as the men watched the ball instead of running hard. In fielding, the work was good at times, but on the whole uncertain. The most encouraging feature of the game was the throwing which...
Practice this week has been devoted to quickening all plays and the work has been much harder than heretofore. Much attention has been paid to fielding, particularly of swift line balls. The men have also practiced double plays, in which they showed considerable improvement both in speed and accuracy. In catching men between bases, however, there has been little improvement over the work of a week ago. Batting practice has been held every...
...their regular work, have had short practice every day in pitching to the University squad during batting practice. They have been coached especially in curves and control, strikes and balls being counted for the first time, and in this respect have showed satisfactory improvement as well as in speed. In the work of the catchers, particular attention has been given to side stepping and to throwing to second base. Although they work hard, they suffer under the disadvantage of being inexperienced and their work has not been so good as that of the pitchers. The battery squads have been under...
...second half, the play was at first exceedingly fast, and at times rough, but slackened noticeably in speed toward the close of the game. In this half Wilder and Callaway each scored once for Harvard, and Behr scored for Yale...