Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...with the English High School yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field, the final score being 10 to 10. It had been agreed to play only seven innings and the English High captain was unwilling to play another inning to decide the match. The game was marked by loose fielding and poor batting. The English High nine went to pieces in the second and third innings, and the sophomores allowed them to score six runs in the fourth inning. The make-up of the sophomore nine was: Scott, c.; Burden, p.; Fox, 1b.; Prescott, 2b.; Gray, s.s.; Lord, 3b.; Abbott, l.f.; Garrison...
McVey played well at third base making one pretty stop. Hall and Walker were both tried at first base. Walker is poor on high balls but is better on pick-ups than Hall. They are about equal in batting. The outfield play a good fielding game but are weak at the bat with the exception of Chandler who plays right field...
...infield Winslow and Stevenson put up the best games. The fielding of the former was very good, but he does not seem to know what to do when he reaches a base. This fault is noticeable with the whole nine, and by careless base-running and poor coaching to men on bases many good chances for scoring are lost. Highlands pitched steadily, striking out five men and giving but two bases on balls. Six scattered hits were all that Dartmouth could make off him. The batting of the home nine was also rather weak, though what hits were made were...
...Phelps. Phelps will probably continue to row bow until Capt. Bullard is able to begin rowing again. Lewis seems to have become somewhat of a fixture at No. 2. And it would indeed be strange if a man of his weight and experience in rowing should eventually prove too poor an oar to secure a place on the crew...
Scannell caught well, although he made a poor throw in the second which gave Tufts a run. Stevenson had only three chances at first base, and did not bat well...