Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Base-Ball Association has elected the following officers...
Boyden led the Beacons last season in batting, with an average of .393, total .500, in seven games. His fielding average, was .864, for the positions of pitcher, second base, and centre and right fields. Smith's batting average in fourteen games was .236, total .345; fielding .811 for the positions of pitcher, first and second bases, and right field. Foster, who played left field in fifteen games, with a fielding average of .697, had a batting average of .210, total .258. Nichols in seven games had an average of .143, total .214 for batting and .667 for fielding...
...teams. It is for our own interest, therefore, as well as for theirs, that a cup be offered. The success of the plan this year in foot-ball leaves no doubt as to its advisability, and is an argument also, for the offering of similar cups in other sports. Base-ball as well as foot-ball, should be stimulated, and there is no better plan for accomplishing this end than the one adopted this fall. Harvard athletics must be sustained in every legitimate way, and this, certainly, is open to no criticism...
Trophies are being made for the members of Yale's victorious nine of last year. The foreground of the medals will be a representation of a base wrought in Roman gold and behind the base two bats will rest crossing each other. The bats will be long enough to protrude beyond the base, and between the upper ends will be a miniature base-bail made of platinum. The bats will be constructed of polished gold, and upon the front of the base the words, "Yale, Champions 1888," will be inscribed. The other side will contain the owner's name with...
...rules of the base ball league provide for four balls instead of five, and for the abolition of the foul...