Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Nourse will probably fill the centre position. He was Grant's substitute throughout the past season, and, like Grant, plays a very snappy game. The other centres are Smith, of the Freshman team, a light but quick player, and Dore of the second team...
...Lanigan throughout the game was invincible, and only one man reached second, which was the result of an error. Three scattered hits were all that Bates could boast of at the bat, and two of those were absolutely useless, as Lanigan caught both men off first by quick throws to Briggs...
...when two were out. Otherwise he made some clever stops, and kept up his good batting by making a two-base hit and a safe bunt. McCall at second played in last year's form, and accepted six chances without an error. His clever stop back of second and quick throw to Simons which ended the game was a brilliant piece of work. Briggs was steady on first base and had fourteen put-outs to his credit. The batting of the team as a whole was not as strong as might have been expected...
...contrary to their former broad principles, they wish to confine interest in athletics to a few sports? Is this not a narrow, selfish policy? Perhaps they believe that the club system will develop and the interest will continue in that form. But you cannot expect this to happen by quick action; it takes a long time for it to develop and it can only be done by gradually working the one out of the other. The main interest that draws men to these sports in the winter is the prospect of the intercollegiate games. The sports are new and they...
...Rideout's books have lately appeared in such quick succession that with each new one we are inclined to say. "This must be a pot-boiler," and then we take it up and to our surprise find again fresh, well-balanced work. "Admiral's Light" is no exception. It is a breath, all to short, of down-east air, tingling with the strong, salt flavor of sea-girt downs and long, pebbly beaches; a tantalizing glimpse of gray ocean and pine-clad islands. The story, as a mere story, amounts to little, but why should it? The book does...