Word: steadier
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...characteristic of it throughout the season--hard fighting. With the score 2 to 0 against them, and with one bad inning behind them, the men were never unsettled; they played hard and fast, and they played to win. Harvard's pitchers were the better and the Harvard team the steadier. In the words of one of the Yale players, "Harvard had the better team, but Yale had the luck to start with"; the element of luck which favored Yale at the outset was counterbalanced by Harvard's luck later. It is a satisfaction to feel that the only earned...
Fordham was defeated by the University baseball team yesterday afternoon by the score of 7 to 2. The most promising feature of the game was the timely batting of the University team. Hartford's pitching was somewhat steadier than in the Georgetown game. He struck out eleven men and allowed but four hits. Mahoney on the other hand was hit freely at critical moments. Most of the errors were due to poor throwing...
Cutting was not especially steady, but made some fine returns. His lobs were generally ineffective as Pearson returned well. Cutting excelled on backhand strokes, while Pearson was far steadier on his forehand. Both men played in streaks, and both used a high bouncing serve, which Cutting received in the back of the court, while Pearson preferred to play up and take the ball on the top of the bound. Pearson won his games by driving the ball low at the net to Cutting's feet, making it almost impossible for the latter to return...
...often give him a considerable advantage over his opponent, but in Van Vleck, the Yale centre, he will have an exceptionally fast man to contend with. The forwards, Allen and Currie, are rather light, but their speed and agility more than offset their lack of weight. Currie is the steadier player and is the best foul-shooter on the team; Allen is erratic, although his work is often very brilliant...
...high rate of stroke began to tell noticeably on the leading crew. The men were no longer able to respond to the frequent calls for a spurt, and both stroke and No. 7 began to show signs of fatigue. The Claverly crew, on the other hand, rowing a slower, steadier stroke, were still comparatively fresh, and their boat was spacing well. From then on, it was merely a question of whether Claverly could wear down Randolph's lead before the finishing line was reached; this was effected by a final burst of speed just before crossing the line, and Claverly...