Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...done such sharp work during the last few games as earlier in the season, partly because of the especial attention to batting, but the slump is probably only temporary. Coolidge and Fincke are reliable fielders and cover a good deal of ground. Clark is slow and rather uncertain, and Kendall fails to cover enough ground. In the outfield, Loughlin and Wendell are playing first class ball and Devens is steadily improving. Reid is catching in the best of form, and his throwing to bases is quick and accurate, Stillman's control is excellent, and he is steady and reliable when...
...weak in throwing to second. Reid's throwing to bases was remarkably swift and accurate. The fielding practice was sharp and more accurate than on Tuesday. Kendall, though fairly sure on thrown balls, is still very weak in fielding batted balls, and his throwing yesterday was uncertain. The outfielders are showing considerable improvement in getting under long flies...
...remarkably close contest is expected. Both teams have been weakened by the loss of several of last year's point-winners, and both have discovered several promising new men. Harvard's most severe losses have been in the quarter and half-mile. Though prediction in track games is always uncertain on account of weather and track conditions and the doubtful qualities of new men, there is enough evidence from the records of the dual meet of last year and those of the spring meets at both colleges this year to show that the contest will be the closest in years...
...Yale half-milers, Smith, Poynter, Richardson, Ferry, and possibly Brennan and Thomas, will have Swan, Blakemore, Applegate, Ledyard and Walsh as their opponents. On form, Smith should be an easy winner. At this writing the other places are uncertain...
Professor Trowbridge has recently succeeded in perfecting a new method of obtaining X-rays which gives promise of very important results. Heretofore the currents of electricity which have been employed in taking the photographs have been uncertain and fluctuating, so that the pictures obtained have frequently perplexed the surgeons who used them. The new method secures a steady current, and the pictures so taken are remarkable for contrast and definition. Under the old method of taking the photographs the muscles and tendons in a body were invisible and a strong light was required in order to see even the bones...