Word: weak
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...varsity nine leaves for Princeton. Judging from the work of the nine during the past two weeks, the prospects for a second victory over Princeton are certainly of the best. The result of the Williams' game of yesterday augurs well for the batting of the nine which was so weak last Monday. Still it must be remembered that next Saturday the nine will not have the advantage of playing on its own grounds, and over confidence has been the cause of defeat to more than one Harvard team. The best wishes of the whole college follow the nine...
...second, went to third on a wild pitch by King and scored on Willard's hit to left. Willard was put out in an attempt to steal second and Henshaw fouled out to Ames. For Princeton, Watt's made a hit, stole second but was left there by the weak batting of the next three...
...freshmen won their second game yesterday. Exeter's nine was unusually weak both in the field and at the bat. Mason caught Luce in fine style. Soule did the best playing for Exeter. The score...
...made against twenty-two in the field, and included four 6's, twenty-one 4's, six 3's, fifty-eight 2's, and one hundred and fifty-eight singles-the last item proving that the bowling was not so very weak. This score has only been exceeded four times, and then in minor matches with only eleven in the field. Dr. Grace was born July 18, 1848, near Bristol, Eng., and has been playing in first-class matches since...
...seems to be of the opinion that football ought to be prohibited at all events, as being the most dangerous and brutalizing of all sports. It is true that men are occasionally injured seriously on the football field; but for that reason are we to cultivate effeminate dispositions and weak bodies? We hold that the game of football is a manly, invigorating, and ennobling sport. It teaches self-control, coolness at critical moments, quickness of motion, and gives a man that pluck and grit under difficulties that must always be of service in after life. The assertion is made that...