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Stroke. Doesn't get a good catch. Must get his hands away quicker. Must keep knees under him and not let them flop about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sophomore Crew. | 2/13/1888 | See Source »

Stroke-Shows lack of life and snap. Should shoot quicker. Should get a harder catch and come back on it better with head and shoulders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Junior Class Crew. | 2/4/1888 | See Source »

...Very slow all through the stroke. Always behind a little. Must shoot quicker and put more life into it. Must come off the stretcher more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Junior Class Crew. | 2/4/1888 | See Source »

...least reasons of Yale's success in foot-ball. The men become thoroughly accustomed to their positions, learn to work well together, and know just how much confidence to place in each other. The result is that playing becomes a kind of second nature to them; they are necessarily quicker in their movement, and more on the alert to pounce right down on their prey without stopping to think about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/7/1887 | See Source »

...work was stamped with artistic legality. Here, in a tale of "Two Trips to Lake George" we have a cleanly cut, well-told story, which is so true to life and so dramatically rehearsed, that the hearts of not a few who read it will beat a little quicker in sympathy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Monthly. | 4/20/1887 | See Source »

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