Word: batting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...relation to Yale's recent successes in base-ball. "We don't want Yale to be disapointed, but we think it rather reckless of her to place her 'fondest hopes' in the base-ball arena," comments the Princetonian. "Both Harvard and Princeton have shown themselves strong at the bat. The Dartmouth nine, we learn, is batting poorly, and Amherst has done nothing at all as yet, and does not seem over-confident. Brown boasts of having discovered another 'phenomena,' and quite raves over her 'left-handed battery.' Her nine plays in the first three of the championship games, meeting Harvard...
...bat I bore...
...bat I bore...
...away the tennis bat...
...knew was a generous fault, one that belonged to noble natures. I wished to be an athlete. None of your tennis champions or great Lacrosse players (honored opponents of Kanucks and Indians), but a real, genuine, out-and-out athlete. I panted for the honors of the oar, the bat, the ball. I went into training. I am, therefore, now qualified by experience to talk of training. In the first place, I will mention some of its recommendations. It 's an interesting state, one that is warranted to fascinate the fair sex. Then it 's a sure remedy for unpleasant...