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Word: attempts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...base on balls, went to second on a passed ball, and came home on a wild pitch. In the sixth they scored again, Campbell made a hit, took second and third on passed balls and got home on Brownlee's error in dropping the ball in an attempt to catch him at the plate. In the eighth Harvard scored their third and final run of the game. Campbell made a two base hit, went to third on Willard's grounder to first base, and came home on a passed ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/11/1887 | See Source »

...McAloon then knocked a fly to centre which Bingham failed to hold after a long run and Allen scored. Hall scored on Bennett's out at first. They added one more to this score in the fifth on hits by Nichols and Smith, a wild throw and an unsuccessful attempt to catch Nichols at the plate, on Frederick's grounder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/6/1887 | See Source »

...seventh they went out in order. In the eighth after two men were out Hall made a single, but was left on first. In the ninth, Bennett got his base on balls, stole second and came in on Richardson's single, and Richardson went to second on the attempt to catch Bennett at the plate. Nichols went out, Mumford to Willard. Henshaw attempted to catch Richardson on third but Campbell muffed the ball and Richardson got home. Smith flied out to Campbell and Merrill got his base on balls. Merrill stole second and third, but was left on third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/6/1887 | See Source »

...meeting of the Co-operative Society this evening ought to call out a large attendance of students interested in the success of the attempt to protect the college against the exhorbitant prices of Cambridge tradesmen. The questions which are to come before the Society this evening are of importance, and there should be a full expression of opinion. The proposed changes, as stated in yesterday's issue, promise to enlarge greatly the sphere of usefulness of the Society, offering advantages to non-members as well as to members of the Society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/5/1887 | See Source »

...wish to call to mind the degeneration of the Harvard cheer. Everyone knows that the cheer is three times three, but few ever cheer three times three. It is always nine nowadays. Formerly the Harvard cheer was slow and dignified; now it is rapid and assertive. Before Harvard men attempt to lead cheers, let them be certain that they know the interval which should be given between every third 'rah. All should keep this in mind. Remember the interval, and restore the characteristic feature of the Harvard cheer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/4/1887 | See Source »

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