Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Davis 1900 won the spring tennis tournament yesterday, defeating R. A. Bidwell '99 three straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, 10-8. Bidwell was helpless in the first two sets; he continually drove into the net or out of the court, while Davis played a slow, steady game, never allowing himself to be pushed and with Bidwell fully under his control...
...next inning, 1900 scored two runs by good batting, aided by Cochrane's wild throw over Dibblee. With only one out Franklin then went into the box for '99 and struck out the next two men. For the rest of the game, 1900 was helpless at the bat and the contest was decidedly one-sided. '99 was kept from making more than one run in the fifth by the clever work of Edmunds and Foster who caught two men off bases, but there was no chance for the fielders in the last innings, the game resolving itself into a pitcher...
Harvard was helpless before Lennihan's delivery, Loughlin's two singles and Rand's safe hit with two men on bases being the only hits made off him. The fielding on Harvard's side was perfect, but Fitz pitched a very weak game and allowed Holy Cross sixteen hits with a total of eighteen bases...
...Harvard men clearly outplayed their opponents; then, when reasonable hope ran high, an unexpected weakness gave Princeton the chance of victory which she was still able to take. This particular disappointment is very trying. Former games have somewhat accustomed Harvard to chagrin at the sight of "star" backs helpless for lack of proper interference; but it is hard to accept the fact that the staying power of the team has been overestimated. Still, though the physical training of the men is a point in which much pride has been taken, the lesson of the game with Princeton must...
...them the conditions and aims of settlement life. His lecture appeals not only to the few who are thinking of connecting themselves professionally with settlement work, but also to the sympathetic many who would like to understand better this latest mode of contact between the helpful and the helpless...