Word: yesterday
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...baseball team gave proof yesterday of the quality which has been characteristic of it throughout the season--hard fighting. With the score 2 to 0 against them, and with one bad inning behind them, the men were never unsettled; they played hard and fast, and they played to win. Harvard's pitchers were the better and the Harvard team the steadier. In the words of one of the Yale players, "Harvard had the better team, but Yale had the luck to start with"; the element of luck which favored Yale at the outset was counterbalanced by Harvard's luck later...
...result that all the men behind him rowed a longer stroke, the slides were well controlled, and the boat moved along with hardly a check between strokes. P. Withington at 6 fitted in well and finished in good condition. It the crew continues to improve as indicated by yesterday's work, it seems very likely that the change will benefit the crew in spite of its late date...
...work yesterday morning was light. The University eight covered about four miles in all. There was another change made in the University four, Sargent replacing Hooper at stroke. Hooper was shifted to 2, and Waite returned to stroke of the second four. The University four went exceedingly well, Sargent's work at stroke in this boat being of great value. In the afternoon the Freshman eight went over the two-mile course up-stream. No time was taken. A low stroke was maintained, except for occasional short spurts. The boat went fairly well, but the men were inclined to lose...
Today the members of both squads enjoyed a long sail on Mr. W. E. Iselin's yacht, "Vigilant." The guests at the quarters yesterday and today included Dr. J. P. Hutchinson '90, C. Thompson '99, C. B. Wood '99, J. R. Montgomery '06, H. M. Turner '06, J. L. White '06, J. Richardson...
After the victory over Colby on Wednesday, the team was given a day's layoff. The practice yesterday afternoon was begun at 2 o'clock, so that the men might get used to the sun, as both the game today and the Yale game will begin at that hour. The practice went smoothly and the team seemed in good condition for the game today...