Word: batting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman nine played its first game away from Cambridge on Saturday. The showing made both at the bat and in the field is so far far from encouraging. This season the ninety-two nine has done little deserving of praise. To be sure there has been but little chance to play good practice games, but this fact is not sufficiently accountable for the circumstance that the present freshman nine seems far below the average freshman nines. The candidates have had the advantage of getting out on the field earlier than usual, and it was for the purpose of getting well...
...must be done. The work of the nine agains professionals was, to say the least, discouraging, although, when we take into consideration all the disadvantages under which the nine played, not so unsatisfactory as many seem to think. The infield is very weak and the team as a whole bat very poorly, The great advantage of these professional games is to bring out the weak points of the team and especially to develop steadiness of play. The games during the recess have showed, that without incessant hard work we have not the least chance of winning the championship...
...last game was played Monday with the Boston nine on the South End grounds. The weather was too cold to permit a good game in the field. At the bat Harvard did better than in the other games of the trip. Two runs were scored in the fifth inning by Harvard; Linn was given a base on balls, Howland hit safely and Willard sent them both home by his hard drive for three bases. Harvard scored again in the sixth inning on a single and errors, and in the eighth secured another run in the same manner. The Bostons scored...
...field is strong, Linn in right field is always to be depended upon, both in the field and at the bat. Mumford and Evans both did remarkably good work on the trip...
...renewal of the injury. Belcher will cover 2nd base and Lenton will play at short-stop. Third base will be covered by Sullivan, who is a freshman. Storrs, Burns and Houghton, will constitute the outfield. Thayer, who played last year and did such good work at the bat, refuses to play this year much to the regret of the college...