Word: weaknesses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crossed the home plate again. No chance to gain a point was allowed to escape the notice of the vigilant coaches watching at either side of the field. Our nine seems to have need of much greater attention to this part of their preparation. When batting is their weak point it is especially important that every man who reaches first base should get around as fast as he can. We shall hope to see an improvement in the running and coaching this afternoon...
...Columbia Col. nine defeated the Dauntless nine of Brooklyn, on April 5th, by a score of 9 to 6. Columbia fielded well, but were weak at the bat and in their base running...
...them completely in his hands. Both he and Crocker played a perfect game. All the other positions were very well filled, and only one error was made by the nine. The Athletic Club nine played a wretched fielding game. Finnerty, however, played a good game. The batting was very weak and Madden and Cunon were the only men who succeeded in sending the ball outside of the diamond. Harivard batted heavily, Loyering, Nichols and Allen making the best records...
...pettifogging lawyer of today has his strongest friend and aid in the weak juryman whom he can wheadle into returning any verdict he may desire. The speaker declaimed against the prevalent custom of forcing a verdict by compelling the jury tostay out until a verdict is reached. Mr. McInnes, L. S., closed the negative. The speaker did not believe in trial by jury and thought that a jury is a body that is very easily influenced. "Better a new jury than a wrong verdict." We do not at present need the jury, but we should keep it to protect...
...think it a wretched game," President Eliot is made to say, "but as an object of ambition for the youth to go to college really it is a little weak. There are only nine men who can play the game, and there are 950 men in the college, and out of the nine there are only two desirable positions, I understand-that of pitcher and catcher-so that there is but little chance for the youth to gratify his ambition. I call it one of the worst games, although I know it is called the American national game...