Word: wretchedness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Except for a few runs of more than average length, there was little to vary the monotonous spectacle of a team forcing its way down the field four times for touchdowns against much lighter opponents who should have been beaten by a considerably larger score. The University team played at...
The practice yesterday was unsatisfactory and in view of the excellent work in the Williams game discouragingly retrograde. The interference was wretched and the playing of the entire eleven very loose. The runner was given so little protection that he was frequently thrown for a loss. The second eleven, also...
It was not because the game was lost that the team deserves censure, but because it was lost by such wretched and lifeless work. Only one Harvard man reached second base and he was forced there by a base on balls. Repeatedly the Harvard men walked to the plate and...
The Freshman baseball nine was defeated by the Dean Academy team at Franklin, yesterday, by the score of 10 to 5. The work of the Freshmen, especially in view of the fact that the game with Yale freshmen comes Saturday was very discouraging. Their fielding as shown by fourteen errors...
As hitherto, the line was Harvard's greatest weakness, and it was not until the men began to play low that the Amherst attack could be stopped. Another reason for Harvard's wretched defense was that the team was too slow and spiritless and waited until the ball reached the...