Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Stroke-Has improved much, but is a trifle slow at the start, losing his slide...
...spirit will never defeat Yale and Princeton. Men go out to the ball games and sit like so many dummies, almost afraid to cheer lest they may hurt their opponent's feelings, and if they do cheer it is not the old ringing, victory bringing, Harvard shout but a slow dirgelike moan that presages defeat. Would that I may be proved in error as to this in the coming Yale game...
...ought to be about even. The Haverford men have been working since Christmas, under the instruction of Woodcock, the college professional. Their captain, Bailey, is on the first eleven of the Merion C. C. He bowls fast round arm, with a good deal of curve and break. Martin, a slow bowler with a both off and leg-break is on the first eleven of the Young America club. Muir one of the best batsmen is on the eleven of the Belmont club...
...19ft. (breaking record); 100 yards three legged race, Ewing and Ellis '90, 12 1-2s; standing broad jump, Bullard '89, 9ft. 10in.; mile run, Grover '90, 5m. 10s.; pole vault, Parrot, '80, 8ft. 6in.; hurdle race, '90, 22s. (breading record); throwing baseball, Lord '89, 315ft. 9in; bicycle (slow race), Stephenson '91. 4m. 41 1-4s.; running high jump, Heywood, '89, 4ft. 6in; bean pot race...
...bunch her hits only in the first inning. He made several wild pitches however, which let in runs. Princeton did not have very much difficulty in hitting Hawley after the fourth inning. Henshaw supported him well except in his throwing to bases which was weak. Harvard's outfielders were slow to start for the balls, and several hits were made which should have been caught by one of the three men in the outfield...