Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Longwood won the toss and decided to go to the bat, Mansfield and Bixby going in to face the bowling of Ellis and Brown. The batting of Longwood was very steady, but at no time brilliant. The chief scores were those of G. Wright, 20, and of Hubbard, 21, two very creditable performances, as the wicket was by no means a run getting one, and the bowling of Harvard was well on. The fielding of Harvard was fairly good, but lacked in throwing in to the wicket. The last wicket of the visiting XI fell...
...defeating Harvard by 2 to 1. Both teams had won every previous game they had played in this year's championship series, and thus to-day's game was most important. The playing on both sides was very fine, Harvard doing the better team play and Princeton the more brilliant individual work. The goals for Princeton were thrown by Bonsal and Paxton. The playing of Harvey, of Harvard, and Poe, of Princeton, merit special praise. The victory was unexpected by Princeton, whose team has been much broken up by sickness and loss of members...
...game itself was characterized by execrable fielding on Harvard's part, many of the errors being perfectly inexcusable, contrasted strongly with the brilliant work of Yale. Both Bates and Stagg pitched a fine game, while Dann's catching and throwing to bases was phenomenal. Henshaw also caught a fine game. Knowlton made some great catches in left field, and Gallivan played a steady game on second. McBride and Hunt carried off the honors for Yale...
...Harvard, Bates pitched a brilliant game, striking out twelve men, and Henshaw supported him in good style. Willard led at the bat. The fielding. as a whole, was very fair, and Gallivan played his usual steady game at second...
...Princeton team had more chances to make brilliant plays than Harvard, and Durrell and Watts especially distinguished themselves by difficult running catches. Ames held both King and Mercer well. The fielding of the entire Princeton team was a great improvement over that shown here last Monday. Following is the score...