Word: underhanded
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Fischel, who is trying for second, has a very weak underhand throw. His fielding has improved, but his batting is still weak...
Marshall, at short, fails to get his heels together for ground balls, and he is inclined to draw away from the plate in batting. Although he covers much ground, he needs to improve his underhand throw...
...candidates for the other infield positions, Marshall covers the most ground. He is inaccurate in his throwing, especially in the underhand throw, and he fails to keep his heels together when handling ground balls. He should take more pains with his work. His batting is not very good...
Occasionally a man forgets or disregards these conditions, and either secures possession of a volume he wants by underhand means, or takes it away from the Library secretly. Such a man sets himself directly against the general interest and has to be dealt with accordingly. He is deprived of the use of the Library, not because he has broken a certain rule, but because he fails to conform to the liberal principles on which the Library is administered, and shows himself unfit to be trusted in a Library that relies on the loyal support and willing co-operation of those...
...students about to receive the Bachelor of Arts degree from the first centre of learning in America. Not a single manly quality is called forth. No premium is set on courage, strength, or endurance. On the contrary, the most noticeable feature of the whole affair is often some underhand slugging, "pasting" a man, as it is called. The remark is not unfrequently made by men that they are going "to lay for so and so! " What must the spectators think of Harvard students when they see one man "slug" another around the Tree on Class Day? The first thing they...