Word: arming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...were little stronger than in the field. Seven hits are more than Harvard has sometimes made when Stagg was in the box, but yesterday Stagg had a lame arm. Moreover he was seriously handicapped by his catcher's inability to hold him. Still again, Harvard gauged Stagg's delivery last year and is supposed this year to have a better batting team than usual...
...afternoon and gave vent to the enthusiasm. Dickinson played first in his usual good style and made a pretty home run in the eighth inning. The lack of two umpires was very much felt. There was a good deal of batting and the freshmen ran bases well. Gilmore's arm prevented him from throwing to bases, and this handicapped the sophomore nine considerably. Merriam's poor judgment added to bad coaching was rather disastrous to his team in the seventh inning. Neither of the pitchers were as effective as last time but Minton fielded his position well...
...last inning the men on the benches began to shout every time Woodcock raised his arm and did their best to rattle him. It is to be hoped that this will not happen again...
...last event was the middle weight sparring between R. T. French '93, and J. H. Howard '94. Howard, who strained a muscle in his arm a short time ago, was unable to continue after the first round, so the match was given to French, who had done all the leading that had been done, and had scored some clean blows...
...thus won the event from Dunning R. L. S., who had a handicap of eight inches. Fearing then had the bar put at 6.02 7-8, which was 5-8 higher than the indoor record. He had cleared this on his third trial when his arm unfortunately struck the stick and brought it to the floor. The attempt showed that the record would not remain long unbroken...