Word: timing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...opinion of the crew. He says in brief that the watermanship is good and in advance of former years, but the stroke is very short and far from the long sweeping swing that has brought victory to Yale for the past few years. The men do not keep time, and they manage their slides poorly. They have fallen into the habit so fatal to success, of coming up hard at the end of the stroke, the result being that the boat stops between strokes, instead of gliding along evenly and smoothly as it should. Captain Cook not will begin...
...Yale's great catcher, are partly true. He is suffering from a double curvature of the spine, and although not confined to his bed, can only take moderate exercise, and will be obliged to wear a heavy leather jacket for a year, at the end of which time his physicians hope he will have entirely recovered. He has been obliged to give up ball playing entirely...
...varsity nine met yesterday for the second time this year, a picked nine composed of Cambridge professionals. The 'varsity showed great improvement since their last game with this nine, but there were, nevertheless, several weak points. The fielding was generally good. Willard was hardly up to his s andard on first, but at short Dean played a magnificent game, taking ten chances without an error. The base running was very poor. Only eight innings were played. Hawley pitched a very fair game, and the opposing team made but few hits off him. Appended is the score...
...Cambridge 3. Stolen bases, Howland (2), Henshaw, Dean. Passed balls-Henshaw 1, McGinn 2. Wild pitches-Lynch 3. Double plays-Linn and Willard, Dean and Willard; Lynch, Long and Doyle. Flies caught-Harvard 6, Cambridge 1. Fouls caught-Harvard 2, Cambridge 2. Left on bases-Harvard 3, Cambridge 2. Time-1 hour, 45 minutes. Umpire-Mr. Kolseth...
...base hits-Wood, Andrews, Schriver, Linn. First base on balls-Andrews, Irwin, (2), Howland, Willard. First base on errors-Philadelphias 5; Harvard, 2. Struck out-Delehanty, Mitchell, Howland, Willard, Schroll, Barney, Dean. Passed balls-Henshaw, 4. Wild pitches-Hawley, 4. Hit by pitched ball-Schriver (1), Hallman. Henshaw (2). Time, 2 hours. Umpire-McQuaid...