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...foot outward after leaving the pitcher's hand, they made their calculations and hammered at it accordingly. The game, up to the fifth inning, was right in the hands of Princeton's catcher, who captured the men one after another as they struck out, but when Harvard began to bat, the prospects changed at once, and Princeton lost by three clear runs. Mann had only one curve, and he did not even vary it by straight balls, so it failed of success against the straight pitching and fine head-work of Ernst and Tyng. Avery, at Yale, came out with...
...play through the season without having had the least preliminary training. The result was shown by the scores. Although our nine led the colleges in her fielding average and five Harvard men led in their respective positions in the field, we were at the foot of the list in batting. The experience of the past in both professional and amateur baseball circles has shown that good fielding with poor batting will avail nothing against strong batting. It is ability to bat that wins the games and for Harvarn to make any sort of show in the future she must have...
Smith, at first, has played a fair game. Although at times he has appeared careless and has made errors on comparatively easy balls, some of his plays have been brilliant and his pickups are wonderful. At the bat he has made no hits since the first Yale game, when he put two hot ones to his credit. His base-running as yet is rather listless and he is too much inclined to watch where the ball goes when it leaves his bat. All these faults, however, can be remedied with careful practice by another season...
...opportunity for last season's brilliant plays. The spraining of his ankle at the first of the year has been a hindrance, as he has constantly been obliged to favor it. This has also affected his base-running somewhat, though hardly to an appreciable extent. At the bat he has been unfortunate, knocking hard high flies to the field; but his record is nevertheless good...
...Lovering it is hardly necessary to speak. His play throughout has been simply wonderful. He is probably as fine an out-fielder as there is in the country, and his perfect record on second speaks well for his ability as an in-fielder. He has improved greatly at the bat and is now one of the surest batters in the nine, while his base running is sharp and quick...