Word: straight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...stroke since replacing Morgan on Monday. The difficulty will be to develop a stroke whose reach is naturally long enough and steady enough for the rest of the crew to follow easily. Taken as a whole, the boat runs smoothly, but there is still a tendency to row straight from the arms and lose the shoulder swing, and to rush the stroke immediately after the finish. The second boat, stroked by Reece, contains a powerful crew, which may possibly represent the University in the Henley regatta at Philadelphia the last...
During the past week, more complex fielding has been introduced; in addition to the rudimentary work of fielding grounders, batting practice and base sliding have been made part of the daily routine of the squad. The regular box candidates have pitched to the batters, but only straight balls have been used. Today, the pitchers will begin to alternate with curves...
...increased it a little more. C. C. Little '10 lost some of the advantage, and E. T. Dana '09 was passed by F. S. Blanchard '10 for Westmorly. R. F. Hoyt '10 kept the lead, but E. P. Holmes '10 was passed by F. M. DeSelding '10 in the straight-away, and Ridgely-Mount Auburn street won in 3 minutes, 14 1-5 seconds...
...fencing tournament hold yesterday afternoon in the Hemenway Gymnasium H.A. Erhard '10 obtained first place by a straight series of victorious bouts. As a result if the matches the following men were chosen to compose the team which will represent the University at West Point on Saturday: G.L. Cutting '09, captain, II. A. Erhard '10, B. M. Nassan '08, L. Barroll '09, Substitute. Mr. Planelli is coaching the team...
...past week. All the regular men are practicing now, except H. McCall '09. last year's second baseman, who will not be able to begin work for about a month on account of his broken ankle. The pitchers have been barred curves and will continue to use straight balls for a while. They are all showing a consistent increase of speed. The work of the field candidates is still confined to passing, and to fielding batted grounders. Batting practice for the squad will begin next Monday...