Word: behind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...catcher of the Newtons, split his hand in the sixth inning and his place was taken by Daniels, whose play was an improvement over that of his predecessor. In the second inning, while trying to steal second, Nichols turned his ankle and was obliged to stop play. Crocker went behind the bat and Keep took Crocker's place in centre field. The Newtons occupied a good part of the time in "kicking" against the decisions of the umpire, in spite of the fact that his doubtful decisions were almost without exception against Harvard. It is hard...
...Antrim and was thrown out at first. Crocker went to third. LeMoyne went out on a fly to J. S. Harlan, and Coolidge on a fly to Wadleigh. Baker played a very fine game at short, accepting all of the nine chances offered him. Nichols caught well behind the bat, stopping several very wildly pitched balls. Clark played a good game for Princeton, and Harlan caught well. Nichols led in batting for Harvard. J. S. Harlan and Clark for Princeton. Following is the score...
...following is the standing of the college clubs in the championship contest up to date. Yale has so far a clean score of victories. Princeton stands second, being two games behind Yale. Brown has not as yet won a game...
...half-mile run there were nine entries. Trask of Harvard took the lead, running in beautiful form followed closely by Goodwin. Trask struck a tremendous gait and soon all the contestants but Goodwin fell far behind. About a hundred and fifty yards from the finish, Goodwin passed Trask and came in at almost a hundred yards gait, crossing the line in 2 minutes 2 seconds. Trask's time was 2 minutes 5 seconds...
...Root. At the beginning of the fourth lap Root passed Walker. In the fifth lap Morison increased his pace evidently hoping to lower his record, finishing in 4 min. 41 sec., with Walker, who had passed Root in the last half of the last lap, 15 4-5 sec. behind. Considering the strong wind, Mr. Morison's run was better than any of his previous performances...