Word: steps
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trick of side-wheeling. In batting he settles and slugs too hard. A. Stillman '03 has developed fair speed and moderately good control; his arm is getting into shape and he is working hard and conscientiously. He bats fairly well, but has a tendency to over step. H. S. Hutchinson '04 is improving in speed and control. His batting is weak. F. H. Schoenfuss '04 is as yet awkward, being unaccustomed to the new motion. He does not start the ball high enough or finish out with sufficient snap; but on the whole he has good control...
...first base E. B. Nye '02 is working hard. He does not step out well to meet the ball, and does not coach and stir up the fielders enough. He is a fair batter. E. W. Leonard '03 steps out well, but is slow on his feet and lacks life. He is a fair better. J. D. Clark '03 is careless, and weak on low balls. In batting he settles badly, and does not pick the balls...
...fair batter, with a tendency to slug. J. S. Lovering '03 is slow, and an awkward thrower. He bats fairly well. W. M. Rockwell '03 is a fair fielder, but slow in getting his throw off. At the bat he has a tendency to settle and step away. E. Bowditch '03 is fast on his feet, and fights the ball. His throw is inaccurate and his batting stiff and cramped...
...bill for the extension of the franchise in the election of Overseers, which has been considered during the present session of the Massachusetts legislature, passed the House of Representatives yesterday at its third and final reading. This practically means that the bill has become a law. The only remaining step necessary is that it shall go back to the Senate for concurrence in the amendment which was engrossed by the House at the second reading, providing that if passed the bill shall not become operative for three years. The Senate is almost sure to concur in this amendment which does...
Your correspondent thinks we should take an active step because we intervened in Cuba. This assumes that our intervention in Cuba was perfectly justifiable, and that the situation in South Africa is parallel to that in Cuba before the war. The first is open to argument and the second needs more facts than we are now able to get, due to the "inconspicuous way" in which the press publishes South African news. Occasionally we hear that which leads us to think that the Spanish policy in Cuba was not so yellow as printed and it may be that the present...