Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will be generally admitted that there are some features of past winter meeting which should go by the board. The wrestling events can be dropped with advantage. The number of men who are interested in this branch of athletics is not large, and the bouts are always stupid and tiresome. The spectators, as well as the athletes, like events that go with more snap. The fencing and broadswords contests of last year were new and interesting. The executive committee of the II. A. A. should exert itself to make up programs which will be as far as possible fresh...
...quarter Wrenn is playing hard. In fact he is the only man on the team who exhibits any signs of life. His blocking off is good but he is apt to make stupid blunders with his signals...
...seem to care to improve. With the exception of three or four men, the team apparently lacks a conscientious determination to learn the game. It is almost unnecessary to add what nearly everyone must perceive, that the flelding is slipshod, the batting weak and aimless, and the base running stupid...
Technology, '92, defeated the freshmen yesterday by a score of 11 to 9, after worrying through seven painfully stupid innings. The batting was very weak, most of the runs on both sides resulting from errors. Until the fifth inning the freshmen seemed utterly unable to find the ball. In that inning Day got first on catcher's error, stole second, and took third on a wild pitch. Stevens got his base on balls, stole second, and both men came in on Dexter's hit. Dexter scored on catcher's error. In the next inning they made two more runs...