Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...unexpected strength of the Williams football team, coupled with some very listless and stupid playing by the University team, permitted the visitors not only to score but to hold Harvard to an 8 to 6 victory. In the first half Williams started off with a rush and caught the University players off their guard. Two careless fumbles in the Harvard backfield, hard tackling by the Williams ends, who followed the ball exceedingly well, resulted in a touchdown for Williams in less than five minutes after the kick-off. Throughout the remainder of the half Harvard was played to a standstill...
...which came as near as possible to being a balk in the estimation of the umpire who allowed it. The errors were due to the necessity of handling slow balls with almost impossible quickness, and are not to be classed with the errors of omission which go to make stupid playing...
Brown won the game in the first inning, when a base on balls and a home run gave a lead of two runs. For six innings thereafter the University team played a lifeless and stupid game and refused to score when runs seemed inevitable. Simons opened the seventh, however, with a home run and the possibility of winning instilled a little interest in the game. Brown was held without score in the last three innings, although three men got to first in the ninth. With two out in the last of the ninth the University team made its first real...
...struck out seven men. Foster, the Cornell pitcher, was ineffective, but the high score was due in part to the erratic support given him by his team. Until the seventh inning the game was fairly close. The Freshmen secured two runs in the first inning on a series of stupid errors; two more runs were made, one in the fourth and the other in the sixth, due to timely hitting. In the seventh inning the Freshmen found Foster for a number of safe hits, Including a double and a scratch triple, which, with several errors, brought in eight runs. Hyatt...
...less said about the game the better. There was more stupid ball playing on the part of the Harvard team in the four innings than has been seen this years on Soldiers Field in a whole afternoon. Exeter was badly up in the air and threw the ball around wildly, but little advantage was taken of the openings. In the second inning there were two men on bases and no one out, yet no runs were scored. Currier attempted to steal second while Lanigan occupied the base. The result was that Lanigan was run down and Currier was chased back...