Word: careless
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...This kind of play gave Tallant many chances to keep Lee running across the courts, and Lee showed great skill in recovering himself. In starting Tallant took service, but as there was some wind and a strong sunlight they changed courts after each game. Both players were a little careless in the first set and there was little play of interest except in the fourth game when there were some fine cross court plays. The second set was played quickly, more life was shown, and in the sixth game Lee made some good returns of Tallant's smashes. The third...
...action of the manager in not providing money for the expenses of the team, without relying on the Yale guarantee, was careless and culpable, and forms the excuse put forward for playing the game. In the first place the game should not have been played. If the weather was considered too bad for the game, the game should have been forfeited and money telegraphed for or borrowed by the careless manager. But if a game was necessary, it should have been played in a straight-forward, manly way. That the captain of the nine should adopt the policy of delaying...
...third base was hardly creditable. The freshmen had a good lead up to the eighth inning when by poor work they allowed Fall River to tie the score. It seems to be characteristic of this year's freshman team so long as it is ahead to play a careless game. With the score tied, the nine has had good luck in winning extra inning games, but no such fortune can be expected to help it win the Yale game. The score...
...work at the bat. The game was anybody's until the last man was out; at times the excitement was intense as first one side and then the other gained the lead. Harvard played well at the critical points, but at other times her work in the field was careless. She batted well straight through, but failed to bunch her hits very successfully. By far the worst point of the team was the base running, which was execrable. If Yale's had not been almost equally as bad, the game would surely have gone to the men from New Haven...
Amherst has the reputation of being the best team in the regular intercollegiate league, but her play yesterday was not at all steady, and at times it was even careless. Allen started in to catch, but after the second inning, he changed places with Walbridge at short-stop, who caught the rest of the game. Sexton pitched only a fair game and the home players did not find great trouble in hitting...