Word: birds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Bird...
...first inning Lynch led off for the Worcesters with a three bagger. Bird followed with a base hit which brought in Lynch. Half of the Worcesters' hitting for the game was done. O'Brien was given his base on balls, and Bird thus forced to second where Bates and Hovey shortly afterwards caught him. Meanwhile Murphy struck out and then Moore followed suit. For Harvard Dean made a two bagger and was caught trying to come home on a passed ball. Mason went out on a hit to infield. Trafford and Hovey made hits, but Alward's slow grounder...
...third Tabor was the sixth Worcester man in succession to strike out. Lynch flied out and Bird knocked a grounder to first. For Harvard Dean managed to reach third on a dead ball, a steal, and Mason's sacrifice, but failed to get home...
...tied the score. McGrath knocked a grounder to Dean, who fumbled. Bates tried to catch him on first but threw wild and he took third. Then Tabor's two bagger brought him in. Lynch followed with a single and stole second. With two men on bases Bird struck out. O'Brien struck out and Cobb threw the ball quickly to Dean, who retired Lynch. No one was more surprised than the Worcester...
...Waldweben from Wagner's "Siegfried" the story was written in the very notes of the music. The gentle swaying of the trees and rustling of the leaves in the woods, were unmistakable The clear notes of the bird singing out from among the branches were so skillfully introduced and worked up that it did not seem at out of place when these notes were finally played by the bass instruments. And yet some people say that Wagner is all mere noise; could these people have heard the selection played last night and still kept to their idea...