Word: quickness
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...Lawrence put plenty of life and strength in his charging, and Hollingsworth and Barnard were more successful than usual in opening holes. Farley had to retire early in the game with an injured ankle, but while he played he did fairly well. Clark, who took his place, got down quickly under punts and tackled low and hard. Sargent at centre is improving daily, and his work yesterday was quick. On the second team Baldwin did some good tackling and Mifflin ran well in the open field. Roberts and Miller, the two heavy men on the team, seemed to be affected...
...work of the crew seemed especially smooth and clean, showing a hard drive and quick recover. To all appearances the eight should be rowing in excellent form with the two more weeks of coaching left them...
...cover a good deal of ground. Clark is slow and rather uncertain, and Kendall fails to cover enough ground. In the outfield, Loughlin and Wendell are playing first class ball and Devens is steadily improving. Reid is catching in the best of form, and his throwing to bases is quick and accurate, Stillman's control is excellent, and he is steady and reliable when in a tight place. He is in better form than last Monday, when he pitched against Pennsylvania, and his fault of carelessness will probably not appear today...
Ayer at 7 is large and strong, but has difficulty in following a quick stroke...
Harvard began the game with a rush and scored three goals in quick succession--all the result of shots by Hardy. Cornell seemed bewildered at the start, but improved later and kept Harvard's score down to four goals for the first half. In the second half the teams were much more evenly matched, and, although Harvard scored four goals, Cornell played a faster game and succeeded in making one point by the skillful individual playing of E. P. Smith...