Word: steadier
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tedious length to which it was drawn out. The game was called at the end of the eighth innings on account of darkness. Eighty-nine played very loosely at first, and in the second innings Eighty-eight made seven runs on four hits. After that Eighty-nine played much steadier and by their timely hitting won the game. Downer and Thayer each made a home run, and Palmer, Austin and McPherson also batted strongly. Both pitchers were effective in striking out men. The score...
Although Mr. Bancroft is nearly ninety years old, yet he walked in the procession yesterday with a firmer, steadier step than many graduates of a much more recent date...
...field the runner was generally poorly supported. It must be remembered that the opposing team was far from strong, and that these faults would be fatal against a heavy team such as Yale or Princeton will present. Brilliant playing was done by individual members of the eleven, but steadier team play is the great object to be attained...
...down to the little boat-house, and get ready for their morning pull. The shell in use now is the old '85 boat, in which the 'varsity won their races last year. It is probably not quite as strong and stiff as the new shell, but it is much steadier, and seems to suit the men better...
Little can be said about the work of the crew as a whole, except that they are rowing precisely the same stroke which succeeded so well last year, and which they have been practicing all this spring. Since leaving Cambridge, however, the men have become rather steadier, and have become more shaken together. There is not so much splashing, and the men get their work in better from their stretchers...