Word: steadier
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...Fraser-Campbell-Whitney match was more closely contested. Whitney won the first set easily, Fraser-Campbell driving a good many balls outside and in to the net. In the second set Fraser-Campbell braced, and at one time was leading 4 to 1, but Whitney by steadier playing was able to pull up and finally win the set at 7-5. In the next two sets, Fraser-Campbell's service proved very effective and he scored several aces. His strokes were also working well and frequently he passed Whitney at the net, although the latter made several brilliant places...
...back to 3 again, after being tried yesterday at 7. In this order the eight rowed up-stream in easy stretches to the head of the long straight-away above the Stillman Infirmary. The work of the crew proved the most satisfactory of the week. The shell boat was steadier and spaced out a greater distance than under the changed order of the two preceding days. With Cutler at stroke the men individually seemed to use their strength to greater advantage, employing a longer stroke than with Sargent...
Scott did exceptionally well for his team, both in pitching and batting. Throughout the game he was steadier than Hardy, and at all times seemed to have the game well in hand...
...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...