Word: steadier
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...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...
...Stevens men began to play a steadier team game after the second goal and went in with more vigor. Very soon after the ball had been put into play, Captain Hood of Harvard turned his ankle and had to be helped from the field. When play was resumed, the loss which Harvard had sustained was very apparent in the wavering play of the attack. It was nearly twenty minutes before Davidson threw Harvard's third goal. This was a very clever side throw made under difficulties, which made its accuracy astonishing...
...extend our hearty congratulations to the class of eighty-eight. Seldom has a class crew rowed a steadier race than the eighty-eight crew rowed yesterday. The race was one of the most closely contested for years, and the winners may well feel gratified at the results. But perhaps the one thing of most interest to the college at large was the position which the freshmen won. Let eighty-nine now make their annual race at New London a certain victory. The prestige with which they will meet their opponents, ought to lead them to sure success. The utmost care...