Word: batting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Varsity eleven won its fourth consecutive match this season from the Mystic Club of Medford. Although some of the best men were absent, the Score was very creditable. For Harvard, Brown's batting was very fine, and he played a steady innings of 39, carrying his bat. The bowling of the college team was also effective, especially that of Markoe, who took 9 wickets for 10 runs. For the Mystics, J. and C. Carmichael did the best work. As will be seen by the score below, Harvard won by an innings and 9 runs...
Harvard went to the bat first. Wiestling led off with a base hit. A steal, put out and Campbell's hit sent him home. Willard sent Campbell home on a hard single to centre. Willard in attempting to take second on Boyden's slow grounder. Bingham retired the side by flying out to centre...
With one run to tie the score, Cornell went to the bat in the ninth. Taylor made a scratch hit, a pass ball and a put out sent him to third. At this point Schreiner tried an old Chicago trick. He endeavord to get Bingham to throw him the ball on the plea that it was ripped. Had Bingham done so, the ball would have been blocked; the man on third would have scored...
Harvard retired in order for the first two innings; Foster got his base on balls in the third, and on a steal, a put out and a passed ball, scored; Linn opened the fourth with a three bagger to right field; Parnhall dropped a fly from Campbell's bat; Linn scored; Willard hit safely and came in on Foster's three baser to left field. This netted four runs, three of which were earned...
...found it necessary to use all the rest brought along, and then put the manager in citizens dress on third. McCusker played the best game for them, and seemed really the back-bone of the team. De Sibourg, who pitched for Columbia, was struck on the knee by a batted ball in the sixth inning, and McCusker started to pitch in his place, but he retired after having struck Durell, who was at the bat, on the head with a pitched ball. Durell was carried off, and is now fast recovering at the house of Professor West, who volunteered...