Word: base
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Base-ball seems to have taken a fresh start in the Maine colleges. Last year only two colleges, Bowdoin and Colby, contested for the pennant, but this spring the Maine State College and probably Bates will join the league...
...spite of the chilly weather, nearly four hundred people turned out to watch the base-ball game yesterday afternoon between Harvard and Dartmouth, on Jarvis Field. They were rewarded by seeing one of the closest games played in Cambridge for years, in which good plays and costly errors mingled. The game was called at 3 p. m. Harvard went first...
FIRST INNING.- Camphell went out at first base after a missed third strike. Knowlton made a two-base hit, took third on a sacrifice by Quackenboss, but was left there by Henshaw flying...
THIRD INNING.- Mumford made a safe hit, stole second and third, Linn struck out, and Campbell flied out to Gault. Knowlton took his base on balls, but Quackenboss was put out at first on a grounder, leaving Mumford and Knowlton on bases...
FOURTH INNING.- Henshaw made a base hit; Willard and Boyden took their base on balls, filling the bases. Gallivan knocked a grounder to pitcher, forcing Henshaw, who was put out while running home, Mumford hit to centre, bringing in Willard and Boyden. Linn hit to right. Gallivan came in. Campbell went out on three strikes and Knowlton on a fly to left field...