Word: catching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first. He soon started for second but was caught ten feet away by Henshaws well thrown ball. Payne gave Willard a chance to make his first assisted put out by a grounder to Dean. Dean stopped a hard grounder by Osborne and made a remarkably good throw to first, catching his man. Harvard did good work during this inning. Dean came to the bat but was out on a foul, Linn was out on a fly to short stop. Howland's good fly was caught by left and Harvared was again in the field. Dana fled to Evans, Downer assisted...
...blanked in the fourth inning, but Linn scored for Harvard on a base on balls, a steal, a passed ball and a wild pitch. In the fifth Brokaw made a hit, stole second and came home on two successive sacrifices. Willard put out the third man by a fine catch of a foul. Harvard was blanked in every inning after this. In the seventh the bases were full with two men out, but Corning hit weakly and no one scored. Dana made a single in the sixth, made a pretty steal. and came in on Young's two-bagger...
...chances are that the annual Exeter-Andover base ball game this year will be exceedingly close. For Exeter, Trafford will catch and White will pitch; Flagg, the captain, will cover second base, Sawyer third base, Soule, short stop. The contest for first base is close between Shute and Heffelfinger...
...Yale did not score during the second inning. Poole was out, Corning to Willard; McClintock struck out and Stagg, Calhoun and McClung were left on bases, Downer throwing McBride out at first base. Cummings hit sharply near first but was put out by Calhoun on a fine running catch. Downer was out at second, Linn struck out and Dean was left. Willard caught Noyes' short fly, Henshaw caught Dalzell's foul tip, and Poole struck out, leaving Cushing. In the fourth Harvard got the last two runs on account of errors by Noyes and Calhoun, and a passed ball...
...ninth Evans tied the score for Harvard, reaching first base on balls, second on a steal, and home on a passed ball. In the last half of the ninth Preston for Yale lead off with a hit. Evans threw wild for the double play made possible by his catch of a fly, and Preston reached second; he stole third, but was left there, the next two men striking out. Hawley's work in this inning was superb and Bell supported him well. In the tenth inning Harvard came in to win: Carpenter got first base on balls; Bell knocked...