Word: balling
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...along the ground, and the umpire decided not out. This caused a tedious and exciting discussion between the rival captains and their assistants; and no other competent person volunteering as an umpire, the game was resumed where it had been left off. Ripley struck out, and Tyng juggled the ball sufficiently to seduce Parker from second, and then fielded him out, making a brilliant double play and withdrawing us from a precarious situation...
Yale scored in the first inning on a base-hit by Hutchison, a passed ball, a wild pitch, and a base-hit by Parker; and added one more in the seventh inning, by Brown getting his base on balls, and base-hits by Carter and Camp...
...time approaches for the next game of ball with Yale, conjectures as to the probable result of the game become more frequent. Those who have not watched closely the scores of our Nine and of Yale's - men whose opinion has little value - say openly that our chances of success are few. Others who have been carefully comparing each score as it reaches us are in a much more hopeful frame of mind. We sympathize entirely with the latter, and shall wait until the next game is lost before giving up the hope of winning the series, and the championship...
After the race a ball will probably be given to both crews, so that, if the crimson comes in ahead, as we all hope it will, we may anticipate quite a jolly...
...evening other toasts were given: The First Ten, responded to by Mr. Slater; Ourselves, cheered heartily by all, and drunk to gladly; The Absent, answered by Mr. Miller; The Freshman Class, by Mr. Sprague; The 'Varsity, by Mr. Allen; The Freshman Crew, by Mr. Hammond; The Freshman Foot-Ball Eleven, by Messrs. Atkinson and Upham; The Freshman Base-Ball Nine, by Mr. Howe; The Committee on the Supper, by Mr. Townsend; the Crimson, by Mr. Richardson; and the Advocate, by Mr. Pellew...