Word: weaknesses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...almost entirely of new men. Yale outweighed us, too, considerably, the average weight of her rushers being over 170 pounds. To support this line of forwards, they had Camp, Watson, and Badger, well known as fine half-backs. Our men, on the other hand, were lighter, and rather weak in their half-backs, the latter fact being especially noticeable in the game. The time set for beginning was 2.30; and, a little later than that, notwithstanding a pouring rain, play was called, Yale winning the toss, and taking the wind. Kent kicked off for Harvard, and for a minute...
...University Nine played at Brockton Tuesday, and was victorious by a score of 4 to 2. The batting was weak, but the fielding was better than usual...
...other, with Yale, was lost through this deficiency. The fielding has been fair, with two or three exceptions; while the batting has been extremely variable. The great trouble has been in finding a catcher; but we think that had adequate efforts been made during the winter this weak spot might have been removed. The long months of practice in the Gymnasium go for nothing, if they are not used in bringing out new men, and in training players - especially pitchers and catchers - for every contingency. That this difficulty was not foreseen, or, if foreseen, was not properly encountered, seems...
...opponents. The game was won not so much by errors on our side as by the heavy batting of Yale. Shattuck's delivery did not seem to present any difficulty to the Yale Nine, and the ball was pounded all over the field. Our batting was by no means weak, ten hits being made off Lamb, but these were scattered; and the beautiful fielding of Yale prevented runs being made, even when the bases were filled. For our side, Nichols led the batting record, and in the field made a pretty running catch that closed the game. Olmsted played with...
After this little introduction, they all go on to smile upon those who have smiled on them, or to pour floods of weak sarcasm-and-water on the head of the Niagara Index. In spite of the general weak-mindedness of exchange editors, - a misfortume which is probably the result of having to read the college papers once in two weeks, - "collegiate journalism" has improved a great deal in the last two or three years. A few papers are silly, a good many are heavy, pretentious, or stupid, but there are only one or two left absurd enough to find...