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Word: behind (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nine have been compiled from the official scores of the Harvard scorer. The averages show work which, if unsuccessful, was highly creditable to the nine and its captain. Bates, Henshaw and Gallivan led the league in their respective positions, while Willard's average was but 11 per cent, behind that of McBride. In batting, Knowlton led the nine with an average of 376. In the record of stolen bases, Knowlton is ahead, with Quackenboss a close second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statistics of the Nine. | 9/29/1888 | See Source »

...such headway in all the leading colleges is to all practical purposes dead at Columbia. This conservative policy brings the college curriculum down to the same levelas the hum-drum routine of high school. It must be admitted on all sides that the undergraduate department of Columbia is far behind the age. The other schools are managed so as to keep abreast of the times, and this system has made them highly successful. A few radical changes would raise a department which is now of little account into greater usefulness, otherwise it can never lift itself above its present state...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/21/1888 | See Source »

...will be seen from the above that we have out-fielded and out-batted our opponents, but our high averages have been made against the weaker of our opponents, Princeton. Harvard has out-fielded Yale, but is far behind her in batting, having made but ten hits to Yale's twenty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statistics of the Nine. | 6/21/1888 | See Source »

...meet the crews of the smaller colleges seem to have been following a logical development. The ambition to win has resulted in a greater mastery of watermanship, and the colleges which have had less material to draw from, or which have allowed their interests to flag, have been left behind, so that Harvard and Yale have been justified in their exclusiveness. Of these two colleges, neither can claim superiority on the water, and neither can be ashamed of its past record. Both stand on the same level with an equal number of victories. The ambition to win is greater than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/20/1888 | See Source »

Gallivan injured his ankle seriously Saturday while attempting to catch a fly behind him. It is doubtful whether he will be able to play in the Yale game next Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor | 6/18/1888 | See Source »

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