Word: beacon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second game of the Beacon-Harvard series was played on Saturday before an audience of about 300, and resulted in an easy victory for our nine. The wind blew strong from the west and proved very detrimental to the batsmen. Boyden, '85 pitched for the nine, and showed up very well, but six hits were made off him, while seven of the Beacons struck out. Tilden caught during the first three innings, and was then relieved by Allen, who played out the game without an error. Brackett did not prove a very effective pitcher for the Beacons. The fielding...
...that any color was worn. It then consisted of a scarlet band around the caps of the oarsmen. This was adopted also the following year ; but the university crew of '58 decided to wear handkerchiefs, instead of caps, and, after considerable discussion, chose blue for their color. The Beacon Cup race was soon to come off, and one of the crew, failing to find handkerchiefs of the desired color, purchased six Chinese silk handkerchiefs instead, which were nearly crimson. This continued to be the color for several years...
Earned runs-Beacons 1. Two-base hits-Richardson, Welch. Bases on balls-Harvard 1. Struck out-Harvard 1, Beacon 2. Passed balls-Tilden 1. Left on bases-Beacons 1, Harvard 5. Umpire, Joe Quinn...
Tickets for the Beacon game this afternoon are to be had at Bartlett...
...Beacon nine in the game today will be composed as follows: Richardson, c., Sawyer, 1st b., Coolidge, 2d b., Frederick, s. s., Welch, 3d b., Badger, 1. f., Ayer, c. f., Merrill...