Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is no doubt that the Yale men put in every way a stronger team into the field than Harvard, Rustin, Carter, Cole, Davis being 'varsity players, but this was no excuse for the exhibition of ball playing that '95 put up. It was wretchedly slow and lifeless, everyone being very deliberate in his movements. If this excessive care had made their fielding good, one could have endured the want of snap which so enlivens a game, but it did not and it never will in a game with such a team as Yale's. Whiting's muff...
...following criticism of the Yale nine, taken from the Yale Alumni Weekly, ought to be especially interesting to Harvard men. As will be seen the make-up has been somewhat changed from that in most of the games in April, and the nine is considered much stronger than it was at that time...
...seventh the Ninety-three team seemed to be the stronger. After an earned run in the first for Ninety-two, '93 scored three runs by an error, three steals and two base hits, then adding one at a time she raised her tally to five, at the same time shutting out her opponents for five innings...
...number of sixty-six entries was on Saturday reduced to seven men, and yesterday morning's matches brought them to the finals. Malcolm Chace of the University Grammar School of Providence, was looked upon as a sure winner, but C. R. Budlong of the Providence High, played a much stronger game than was expected, and came very near winning the tournament. The first sets brought out some of the best tennis playing that has been seen on the Harvard courts; but Chace's sore hand bothered him considerably in the last sets, and Budlong showed the effect of the hard...
Most of the University of Pennsylvania nine think that Harvard is stronger than either Yale or Princeton in batting, and about as good in the field. Princeton, they say, fields well, but is weak...