Word: carefully
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...December 11, at sea, near Santiago de Cuba. He went to Porto Rico as supervisor of schools under the government and was taken ill with meningitis shortly after his arrival. He was placed on board the U. S. transport Burnside to be brought to this country for better medical care, but died on the fifth...
...last year, the condition of the men this year is all that could be desired. The cripples have recovered with the exercise of great care, and none of the regular men are now debarred for injuries. In every game of the season the Harvard players have lasted better than the men opposite them and have at no time shown signs of overtraining...
...work, and about the method of winning games. The deception and brutality which once seemed an inevitable accompaniment of the games have given place to reasonably fair dealings, especially among the older universities. The games promise to become lessons in honorable conduct as well as in the development and care of the body. Not that we have reached the ideal, for there are still distressing lapses, but that the friends of intercollegiate sports have good reason to feel encouraged. The improvements have been accomplished by organization, rules, and mutual agreement among groups of colleges. After all, is not the standard...
...progressive development which has marked the team, the defense was taken up earlier than the offense and has been worked to perfection. Equal care has been given to the offense only within the past week or ten days. Up to the Indian game, Harvard had not been scored upon and the scoring in that game was due to an individual weakness and to the presence of substitutes in the line. In the secret practices, W. H. Lewis has drilled the team in a defense to meet mass plays which, for its efficiency, depends on aggressiveness and mere strength. The second...
...especially in charging their opponents and starting with the backs. The lack of dash in the interference, due in part to the absence of Daly, and in part to the irregularity of the backs in starting, was a fault which can be corrected only with the use of more care by the backs in taking their positions. Any advantage Bowdoin had through the aggressiveness of her backs, was more than offset by her weakness in punting. Not only was the centre-rush inaccurate in passing the ball, but the few punts Upton was able to make went barely twenty-five...