Word: slightest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...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. For Harvard at times neither the baserunners nor the coachers had the slightest idea what was the correct thing to do, and the result was several easy putouts by Yale when Harvard needed runs the most. Unless the nine makes a vast improvement in this particular there is not the slightest chance for victory at New Haven on June 1. The coaching also was very poor...
...canoeing at Harvard, there is every reason to suppose that this afternoon's races will be well worth seeing. The course has been laid out in front of the Harvard boat house, and as this makes it possible to see the canoes from start to finish without the slightest difficulty, a large number of enthusiastic spectators ought to be present...
...years by the management. At present there is room for only six men at the scorers' table. The need of ampler space is evident. Last year at the championship games it was often the case that ten or fifteen reporters were obliged to score the game without having the slightest conveniences for their work. We hope that the management will not allow this state of affairs to continue another year. One at least, if not two, additional tables should be furnished for the use of the scorers. We speak of the matter thus early in order that plenty of time...
...always ready to urge new men to come forward, and it offers every means in its power by which the standard of indoor and outdoor athletics may be raised. An exhibition, however, like the first one in sparring on Saturday, which was devoid of every appearance of the slightest scientific excellence, cannot help but have an effect opposed to the purposes for which the meetings are held. The other events in the meeting were well contested, and a lively interest was shown by those present...
...shoulders, threw his whole weight into the oar, and kept it there until the stroke was finished. The blades were covered throughout the stroke and remained in the air as short a time as was consistent with the avoidance of "rushing" the slides. There was hardly the slightest perceptible "hang" of shoulders or hands at either end of the stroke. Although the body work was not all that could be desired, the "watermanship" or action of the blades was as smooth as the stroke of a piston...