Word: base
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fourth inning Mercer was substituted for King, and his curves proved too puzzling to be hit with any frequency out of the reach of the fielders. From the fourth inning until the end of the game, both sides were unable to get a man farther than third base...
Earned runs-Harvard, 6. Two-base hits-Knowlton, Henshaw, Boyden. Three-base hits-Campbell, Quackenboss. Stolen base-Willard. First base on balls-L. Price. Struck out-Bates, 12; King, 4; Mercur, 1. Double plays-Campbell, Williard and Quackenboss. Passed balls-Henshaw (2), Ames (4). Time-2h. 10m. Umpire-McLean...
...account of the threatening weather, there were but few spectators at the game between the Amherst and Harvard freshmen, on Holmes Field, Saturday afternoon. Except toward the very last, the game was dull. It was marked by the wildest batting and worse base-running of the home team and the bungling work of the Amherst third baseman and left fielder. The pitcher, catcher and second baseman played the best fielding game for Amherst. For Harvard, Dean's work at second was excellent. The batting of the nine as a whole was terribly weak, seventeen men striking...
Earned runs-Harvard '91, 3. Two-base hits-Mason, Crocker. First base on balls-Harvard '91, 3; Amherst '91, 4. First base on errors, Harvard '91, 4; Amherst '91, 6. Struck out-Harvard '91, 17; Amherst '91, 7. Passed Balls-Amherst '91, 3. Flies caught-Harvard '91, 7; Amherst '91, 1. Fouls caught-Harvard '91, 3; Amherst '91, 1. Out on bases-Harvard '91, 4; Amherst '91, 3. Left on bases-Harvard '91, 6; Amherst '91, 7. Time, 1 hour, 35 min. Umpire-Codman...
...been customary for Leavitt and Peirce to post the scores of the base-ball and other games in their windows every evening for the convenience of the students and others who are interested. On Saturday evening an officious police officer ordered these scores taken down, on the ground that they collected a crowd outside. As a rule, Cambridge policemen are a pretty moderate set of men, but this particular one is rather too zealous. His business was to keep the sidewalk clear and keep people moving; if he was too lazy to undertake this he might have sent to headquarters...