Word: quicker
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Princeton's rushers were very good at tackling, and played well together. Our kicks were very feeble compared with those of Princeton, but those of our men who could kick should have done so, instead of trying to run through so many rushers; our men, too, need to be quicker, as they lost several opportunities by lagging...
SPARRING.We remind any one who really means business in the coming Sparring contests in the Gymnasium that he will, especially if in the Heavy Weights, have to meet some tough customers, and the sooner he gives up smoking, and the quicker he takes to dumb-bells and regular running exercise, the more likely will he be to do himself justice, and make his work interesting to lookers...
...then a dazzling blaze! Now darting quicker...
...were very successful, considering the trouble all the clubs have had in getting good men to join the crews. By special agreement between the captains, the four-oars were made the first crews, an arrangement particularly advantageous in the fall, as it enables the captains to choose their men quicker, and obviates the necessity of taking green hands on to the first crews...
...enough to show us where some, at least, of the geniality and vivacity of the Advocate comes from. Mr. Wheeler is a fair sample of the intensified life of California, and no doubt sometimes awakens the cool blue blood of our Down-East cousin to a quicker flow. As a student and brother "Scrib," may his flame never wax less...