Word: swiftly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the senior class of Yale College was held Friday morning in the Lyceum for the purpose of electing the following committees: Class secretary (a life position)_John Trumbull Swift; class cup committee Merritt, Cromwell and S. Hopkins; class supper committee-Holliday, Worcester, Wagner, Hyndmam and Dawson; class day committee-Strong, Lyman, Trowbridge, Nichols and Wolcott; senior promenade committee-C. Walker, Cottle, Daggett, Watrous, Bristow, Connell, Hand, Phelps and Patterson...
...making safe hits is quite another thing and it is here that professional aid always tells. It is absurd to believe that the practice given to batsmen by an amateur pitcher can accomplish the same results as that given by a professional, since the pitching is not so swift nor so sure, two requisites seldom found in an amateur pitcher. The delivery of the ball may be supplemented with a number of dodges only known to the regular ball player but an amateur generally settles down to one method, particularly his own of pitching the ball, which will soon...
...every fair ball in succession. This rule has never yet been tried. In regard to the throwing, the past season's experience has shown that it is almost impossible to prevent the high delivery, especially in view of the prevalence of the mania for a swift delivery. The pitching problem is one not easy to solve, but it is about time that the batsman should not be placed at such a disadvantage...
...right lateral fore foot, in the order named. Two and sometimes three feet in the walk and amble are always on the ground. In the trot, rack, canter and run the horse in certain positions does not touch the ground at all. Especially is this case in a swift run when the horse is in the air more than half the time. With the stereoptican and Zoopraxiscohe the movements of horses walking, trotting cantering, jumping, etc., men walking, running, boxing, wrestling, turning somersaults, leaping, etc., as well as different movements of oxen, goats and dogs were clearly portrayed. A number...
...male. On this account the female cannot hold the racket on a line with the arm, but necessarily at a large angle with the arm. Accordingly when the ball is returned the action of the arm tends to knock it sideways. This peculiarity is especially noticeable in returning swift balls...