Word: bean
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bean, formerly pitcher of the University nine, is in Cambridge...
...middle of the winter, Bean, from whom much was expected as a pitcher, and who was one of our heaviest batters, was obliged to leave college. The nine, in spite of these set-backs, worked manfully all through the winter, and was just getting ready to begin the championship contest when Winslow, who had begun to show evidence of extraordinary ability as a pitcher, was taken ill and was obliged to stop play. The pitching, consequently, devolved on Nichols and Allen, who have each done remarkably well, in spite of the disadvantageous circumstances under which they undertook the task. Still...
...Badger and Platt. Hopkins is considered one of the best players in the ranks of the college clubs, and his retirement is keenly felt by the Yale men. Badger and Platt are good players, and it is doubtful if the club can secure their equals before the season begins. Bean, the pitcher of Harvard's base-ball representatives, will finish his studies and leave the club before next season. The remainder of the clubs in the college association will make very few changes in their nines...
...nine, it is of course too early to speak with any degree of certainty. From present appearances, it will be composed almost entirely of new men, or men who have played but two or three games. It is crippled at the start by the withdrawal from college of Mr. Bean, last year's pitcher, from whom much was expected in the games next spring. At any rate, the nine will be composed of men who have earned their places in it by hard work, and if faithful practice under an energetic captain is worth anything it will make a creditable...