Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sargent" flew a green and white flag, and carried a large apple-branch with white blossoms at her mast-head. The Union boat-house and the adjacent roofs were all covered with people as early as four o'clock, while the wall was lined with spectators and the road behind filled with carriages; quite a flotilla of row boats clustered about the stake-boat at the finish, and two small launches, chartered by '90 men, followed the race over the course. The tugs steamed up to the start at four, the "Sargent," with a band of music on board, hugging...
...bunched hits and by costly errors of the rattled Bostons. But the latter gradually caught up with their opponents and finally won by a score of 17 to 19. The special features of the game were Gleason's perfect work in the Baby Ansons left field; Paine's work behind the bat for the same nine and Page's beautiful "taking in" of some difficult flies in Bostons center field...
...played a sharp fielding game and but for two unfortunate errors in the eighth inning would have blanked their opponents. At the bat, Howe, Richardson and Codman did good work. Slade played well behind the bat, having but one passed ball. The score...
Harvard played a strong, steady, fielding game throughout, making only three errors outside of the battery. Boyden and Bingham were both very effective and the few hits that were made off them were scattered. Henshaw gave them good support behind the bat, and Campbell played brilliantly at third. He stopped several hot grounders and threw finely to first. Mumford also fielded very well. All the men batted strongly and the hits were well bunched. For the Beacons, Allen caught his usual good game, and Smith and Bennett fielded very well. Hall and Smith led at the bat. The score...
...Goes back too far. Must pull his oar in more smoothly, and not jerk at the finish. Should be careful to use his outside hand. Apt to hang and catch behind stroke...