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...preliminary work was considerably shorter than heretofore. The men were first lined up in three divisions, according to positions, and given practice in starting with the snap of the ball. Then four squads under Hallowell, Lawrence, Sawin and Gierasch practiced falling on the fall. The backs and ends then spent half an hour in receiving and getting down on kicks, while the line men were coached in breaking through and blocking. After this each of the four teams worked on the tackling dummy in turn, while the other three practiced signals. Only the simple plays were executed, particular attention being...
...this year. The visiting teams have been given better cheering by a handful of supporters than has been given to the Harvard players. At only one game has the Harvard cheering been good for anything. And then the undergraduate wonders when the team does not play with dash and snap. He appears to believe that when he has paid for his ticket to a ball game he has done his duty. So he sits upon the bleachers with a calmly critical mind, cheers when some especially brilliant play is made to relieve his own excitement, and during the rest...
...very poorly played game, Harvard defeated Bowdoin yesterday afternoon by a score of 7 to 5. Neither side played with snap, and both teams made several errors, but this was partly due to the very cold weather. With the exception of Loughlin, the Harvard team has again fallen off in batting, and not one of Harvard's seven runs was earned...
...Amherst pitchers. After this inning the Amherst fielders made fewer errors and Tinker pitched a steadier game. At the same time the Harvard batting slumped, and the team did not score as many runs as possible. Harvard lacked life in the field and did not play with as much snap as was shown a week ago. Both of the errors were on easy chances and each cost a run. Stillman's work in the box was not nearly so good as that of Kernan last Saturday. In base-running the men showed better judgment than in the previous games...
...Freshman nine lost to Groton on Saturday, in a carelessly played game, by eight runs to seven. The defeat was the natural consequence of the carelessness and lack of snap which has characterized the team's practice for some time. The basemen depend too much on Clarkson's pitching to win the game for them, with the result that they carelessly miss easy chances when the ball is hit. On Saturday Clarkson was the only man on the nine who played a careful, snappy game. He struck out twelve men, and led the team at the bat, making three hits...