Word: backed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...about that part of the field, his man was entitled to as many bases as he could get. The Yale men refused to play the game out, and after a quarter of an hour's parley our Captain agreed, for the sake of continuing the game, to send Fessenden back to second, and count one run only. Play was then resumed. Nothing more worthy of notice occurred, except in the last inning Duncklee caught a hot ball, for which he was obliged to run nearly to second; his catch was much applauded...
...base-ball match on Monday last between the Sophomore and Freshman Nines resulted in a victory for the former by a score of 19 to 10. The Freshmen plainly showed great want of practice; but they appear to be a stocky set of men, and now that the field back of Lawrence is no longer occupied by the Foot-ball Team, the Freshmen should take advantage of it to play regularly...
...importance, many are anxious to know its real and pretended causes. But the difficulties in the way to this knowledge are great: some of the causes - perhaps all - have their origin in the history of the Ottoman Empire and of Russian interference, while at least one cause dates back to the Latin Conquest of Constantinople in 1204. Since the subject is so faintly understood, if one of our professors of history would kindly give a lecture, open to the University, on the causes of the present war, tracing the history of both countries only so far as necessary, he would...
...should thoroughly control their oars and keep their hands absolutely on the same level during the feather, and again during the stroke. No. 5's oar is not faced over on the catch, and so cuts under without getting a firm hold on the water; and his back and shoulders (and also No. 4's) should be kept more firmly set and rigid. All superfluous body motions exhaust the strength of the men who make them, render it more difficult for those behind them to keep time, and disturb the trim of the boat...
...bared his back when he went out to rowe...