Word: amherst
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard shut out Amherst yesterday afternoon mainly by virtue of Wiggin's steady pitching. He not only struck out eleven men and fielded his position well, but he also showed his best work at the most critical stages of the game. With two men on bases in the fifth, and no one out, he retired one man on a weak bunt and the other two on strikes. Abbott did some great work at the bat, making three hits in his four chances. Trafford also found the ball surprisingly well. The nine fielded almost perfectly, the one error being made...
...Amherst put up a good game, although she has a weak spot at third. In six innings she was retired in one, two, three order, and only in the fifth and sixth did she have any chance of scoring...
...Amherst was first at bat. Cheney struck out, Allen made a hit, Hunt was retired from pitcher to first, and Allen was cut off at third. Hallowell got first on balls, stole, and came in on Hovey's hit, Cook struck out. Hovey got to third on Abbott's hit, but Allen was too quick for him, and he was out. Abbott stole and came in on wild pitches. Sullivan took first on balls, and got to third on the wild pitches but was left as Frothingham flied out to Ellis. Amherst was easily retired in the second and Trafford...
...easy work with Amherst again in the fourth, but Harvard came near adding one to her score. With two out and Upton at first, Ellis made two errors and let him get to third, but Hallowell could only hit a grounder to Landis. In the fifth, Amherst showed a little more life. Stearns made a scratch hit, was moved on to third by Smith's base on balls. Then Wiggin pitched up Colby's grounder and threw Stearns out at third and retired both Landis and Flitchner on strikes. Harvard for the first time went out in regular order. Amherst...
...seventh, eighth and ninth Amherst saw first only once, while Harvard added a couple more in the seventh. Abbott made a double and Trafford brought him in on a single. With Frothingham on third and Trafford trying for second from first Allen threw the ball to second. Frothingham was quick to use the chance to score. Hallowell was retired at the plate in the eighth, and this spoiled the prospect of another...