Word: uncertain
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...probably the best men for half-backs. Morrison is a good kicker and rusher though he is slow in starting and does not ward off well. Graves is sure of either full back or half back as his tackling and kicking are very good. His catching is a little uncertain but his dodging and running are excellent. Tracey, full-back, is an awkward player, and while often making brilliant plays, cannot be depended on in case of emergency. Besides these men, McClung and Morrison, who were half-backs on the Exeter team last year, Adams, Clawson and Bayard have also...
...respect and hearty admiration that we think could hardly exist were not the colleges drawn together as they now are. The athletic life which every-where engages lively interest, and which affords endless opportunity for competition, comes surely to the surface, while the intellectual life in which competition is uncertain and unsatisfactory sinks beneath, but still exerts a far reaching and, we believe, an unimpaired influence on the community at large. We see in these contests which arouse ambition and which render the existence of a large number of physically perfect men absolutely necessary, advantages before which the disadvantages sink...
...speak strongly: because I feel, and everybody else feels, that our athletics are very critical this year-that our chances are very uncertain as yet, and that we must leave no stone unturned. I have heard many men express the desire that this petition be started, and I am sure that everybody would subscribe. The best way to go about would be the method employed in the prayer petition. At any rate the base-ball management, if it cares anything for the nine's success, must wake up and go to work on this matter, and at once...
...contestants are working more regularly. The contest for the medal for excellence on the horizontal bar will be very close. Men are daily practising on the rings and at tumbling. AS there are at present no rooms devoted to fencing and sparring, the contests in these branches are uncertain. The tug-of-war team are not working very hard, and the outlook for winning first prize at Mott Haven is indeed poor. As this is the last week of examination, we hope that next week we shall see more men in training for the various teams...
...certain of not having a cold tramp to the pond only to find the ice in poor condition or the games of hockey all monopolized by the muckers. It may seem a poor time to agitate this subject now that the ice is covered with snow, but in this uncertain weather any day may bring skating, and advantage should be taken of this interval so that all may be ready for the first opportunity...