Word: slides
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...wild throw to first. Princeton was weakened in the third inning when Brooks, the short stop, on being run into by a Yale man trying to steal second was forced to retire. Yale lost Rustin, the third baseman by a similar accident in the eight when King attempted to slide to third...
...minor one is that they do not insist as strongly as we do that the back shall be kept perfectly straight. If a man can row better so, they do not object to a slight curve of the shoulders. In the management of the slide, too, there are some differences. The Americans start their slides very fast, then slow them up about half way, and gradually come to a full stop. The Englishmen get their hands away very quickly, but slide forward slowly...
...Fearing meets his oar at finish; apt to rush at the last part of the slide on the recover...
...Stearns careless in his time; slide not firm at catch; goes back too far at the finish; does not use both hands in feathering...
...Davis does not hold his slide long enough on the first part of the stroke...