Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Brown won the baseball game at Providence yesterday by the score of 13 to 7. The chief reason for the defeat is to be found in Paine's weakness in the box during the first four innings, during which time six two base-hits and four singles were made off his delivery. Some of the two-base hits would have been certain outs on a good field, but according to the ground rules at Brown, every ball going over the left field fence, as every ordinary fly ball does, counts for a two base...
...Base hits-Princeton 13, Yale 11; total bases-Princeton 23, Yale 18; errors-Princeton 7, Yale...
...nine easily defeated Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon by the score of 8-0 in a poorly-played game. Only five Pennsylvania men reached first, four of them on errors, while only one safe hit was made off Paine. Neither pitcher gave a base on balls and neither made a wild pitch. The failure of Pennsylvania to score was due largely to the steady, aggressive pitching of Paine, who was unusually effective when men were on bases, two of his five strike-outs being made at critical times. Brown, on the other hand, was found for eleven hits and struck...
...while Harvard twice prevented Pennsylvania from scoring after errors had allowed men to reach third. With the exception of a wild throw to first, Dean played in fine form, accepting seven chances. Aside from two neat double plays made by Harvard, there was no particularly brilliant fielding. Rand's base-running was one of the features of the game...
...sixth, two more runs were added to the score after Chandler struck out and Paine flied to left field. Rand hit safely to center and stole second, scoring later, by good base-running, on Haughton's single. Haughton reached second, when Rand scored and was brought in on Lynch's single. Lynch made the third out in attempting to steal second...