Word: behind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...struck out and eight were left on bases, three at second and one at third. Clarkson, who was in the box for the first time since the southern trip, pitched his usual brilliant game and allowed only one hit and two bases on balls, striking out eleven men. Stephenson, behind the bat, made two perfect throws to second, and dropped the ball on the third strike twice, both times recovering in time to put the man out at first. The Williams team made eight errors, to which, either directly or indirectly, four of Harvard's runs were...
...playing of the Freshmen was very spiritless, their fielding was inaccurate and with a few exceptions the batting was weak. Hall pitched effectively, but lacked support. Brookline High School, after being seven runs behind, tied the score in the eighth inning. In the last half of the eighth, however, the Freshmen scored four runs on two bases on balls, and hits by Evans and Sibley...
...lengths and the second a start of two lengths. The first crew gained steadily and overtook the second at Harvard Bridge, where the third led by about a length. A quarter of a mile below the bridge the first crew overtook the third, with the second half a length behind. From this point the first crew lacked power and a strong drive and hurried the recover. The positions of the boats remained practically unchanged to the finish, the third crew crossing the line a few feet ahead of the first, which was in turn about half a length ahead...
...mile race Dives made a poor start and finished 20 yards behind Dear of Pennsylvania. Bauer lost still more ground so that on the third lap Young started over 100 yards behind Johnston of Yale. He made up some of the distance but not enough to give Rust a chance to win. The sharp pace which Rust had to set to overtake the field could not be sustained and he finished 200 yards behind Long of Yale, who defeated Taylor of Pennsylvania in an exciting finish. In the four-mile relay race, teams were entered by Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania...
Stephenson, behind the bat, stops the ball well, but does not hold it, and does not use his head in helping the pitcher. He throws to second well and is good...