Word: snapped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...much improvement as the other crews. They have, however, when doing their best work an excellent beat in the stroke, and most of the men show excellent watermanship, getting their oars in neatly and feathering cleanly together. The greatest faults of the crew at present are lack of snap, and shortness when rowing hard...
Although the play will not contain quite so many local hits as "The Flying Dutchman," it will probably have a great deal of song and dialogue concerning Cambridge and Boston. At present, it seems as if the best feature would be the music, which has a great deal of snap and go. The cast has not yet been definitely decided on, but it will be settled by the end of the week. The name of the play will be "Boscabello...
...hockey game with the Newtowne Athletic Association at the Locust street rink yesterday afternoon, resulted in a victory for Harvard. Two twenty minute halves were played, the final score being 5 to 2. The team had more snap and showed more familiarity with the game than on Wednesday. Matteson was unable to play, but his place was well filled by Stevens. Goodridge scored three of the points, Stevens one, and Hardy one. The line-up of the teams was as follows...
...line one weak point in the team. The line is not strong and the backs are not up to the average. There is a tendency, displayed in the past few weeks, toward offside play and holding. The ends are the strongest positions. The play on the whole shows considerable snap...
...second half. In this half assisted by the strong west wind Harvard should have made more than sixteen points. This low score was partly on account of offside play which gave the visitors many yards during the game. In the second half, Harvard started off with more snap and better interference which kept on improving until the last few minutes of play when they scored two touchdowns in four minutes. Wherever they hit the line the backs went through for long gains. On the defensive, the line held strongly and not once did Pennsylvania gain a yard through the centre...