Word: backwardation
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...season of backward development, marked by several surprising reverses, has brought the University eleven up to the time of the Yale game with but a poor record for its total work. Two games have been lost, and two others won by the narrowest margins; nor in any game has the work of the eleven been consistently satisfactory...
...conclusion it may be said that the eleven possesses great possibilities. In that in its present state of backward development, it is apparently but poorly prepared for an important game...
...leave his opponent uncovered and this permitted the other team to score goals that should have been prevented. Bigelow, who is now at left guard, also plays a strong game. Grant, who has been put in at left forward only within the past week, throws, well, but is backward in getting into the play. K. Smith, at right forward, passes fairly well, but is weak in his throwing. Since the return of the team from the New York trio. Randall has been at centre. He has so far failed to equal his play of last year be is usually first...
...made in the first place from a distance, would have been comparatively easy. With the exception of Grant, who has been taken from the Freshman squad and is now playing right forward, the men all throw baskets poorly. Grant is accurate on basket-throwing, but is inclined to be backward in getting into the play. K. Smith has been put back at left forward where he is playing a steady game. At left guard Bigelow, who has replaced Fosdick, is playing a strong defensive game and at the same time assists well in forwarding the ball...
Hague is weak in fielding and batting, and especially in throwing. Since the team has stopped practicing in the cage, his work seems to have gone backward rather than otherwise...