Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have never seen the course, it may be of interest to know that it is not eel-grass itself that causes all the trouble. The grass does not get caught in the oars and clog the course of the boat, but it deadens the water, making the tide much weaker than it is in the west side in the channel. But to return to the race...
...sides until the score stood six games all, when Tailer and Snow won the next two games by sharp volleying. For the rest of the match Tailor and Snow had the game in their hands while the Sears brothers, trying the back game when their opponents scored were much weaker than in the first set. Tailer played a much stronger game in the doubles than in the singles. The final score was as follows: Snow and Tailer beat the Sears brothers...
Yesterday morning the Crimsons opened the season with the Volunteers and were victorious by a score of 16 to 5. The Crimsons bid fair to equal their record of last year at the bat, but are much weaker in their base-running than formerly...
...Columbia nine will be the weak member of the quartet, inferior to the Dartmouth and Williams nines surely, and perhaps to the other two clubs of the old league. The triangular league would have undoubtedly been the best in every way, for the objections that were made to the "weaker" college nines remaining in the league surely appertain to Columbia. As for the old league, it is in every way better apportioned than the new one, and the members - Amherst, Williams, Brown and Dartmouth - will enter for the championship well matched, each feeling that it has an excellent chance...
...third round was opened in a rattling style. Each man seemed bent on forcing the fighting, and each got in good blows. The punishment told on both, and the blows became weaker. Ashe planted a vicious right on Austin's chin which almost staggered him. Gathering his strength, Austin landed his right on Ashe's nose and drew blood. The round was very close, with the honor perhaps slightly in Ashe's favor...