Word: snapped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...turning to the finer points of the stroke. To be sure, there was an extremely annoying tendency to rush the work in almost every part of the stroke and the slides were an especially difficult matter for the coach. The blade work had been steadily improving and the snap and spirit of the members admirable. It is yet to be seen how all this will be affected by the illness of Williams and the longer absence of Wickes who will not get back to work until Wednesday...
...broad jump. Together they won 16 of Exeter's 18 3-4 points; W. W. Coe of Hopkinson's School, won the hammer throw, but was beaten in the shot put by Spear, W. A. Coe has put the shot 40 ft. in practice but he loses his snap in competition. The other winners were Batchelder, Waban School, in the half mile; Edson, W. H., in the low hurdles; Converse, Hale's in the high jump; Winslow, C. H. and L., in the 440 yards dash; and Shuber, W. A., in the pole vault...
...Lehmann took the two crews down the river as far as the Union Boat House, giving them occasional spurts. Both rowed steadily and with considerable snap, and will probably continue to row together from now on. The order of the two crews was as follows...
Last night was graduates night at the Hasty Pudding Club, and the first regular performance of "Boscabello" went off with great success. The play has been much cut since the dress rehearsal and as a result has much more snap and go. J. E. Catlin and D. K. Catlin as the "Beacon Babies" made perhaps the greatest hit of the evening by their Mother Goose parodies. The dances were many of them very pretty and all full of life and vigor. The most taking was the sailors hornpipe in the first...
...Sophomore crew is rowing with great snap and life but appear to have little control, their boat stopping perceptibly between strokes. The '98 crew on the other hand not only display great keenness in their rowing but have an excellent recover and look very steady and even...