Word: closely
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Hartford and Heyniger will again be the opposing pitchers and another close pitchers' battle may be expected. In the Princeton game last Saturday, Hartford proved his ability beyond all question and should be equally effective today, while Heyniger can always be relied upon to pitch good ball. With the two teams so evenly matched, as shown in the first game, and with very little choice between the pitchers it will be the finer points of inside baseball that will win or lose the game this afternoon...
...team has had a decided slump, both in batting and fielding until within a week, when the University team was defeated in a six-inning game, 4-3, and the Brown freshmen defeated 3-0. During this slump two easy games were played, both of which resulted in very close scores, Milton being 3-1, and Middlesex...
...will probably start the game as pitcher, as Lanigan's arm is not in the best shape. The rest of the team is practically as it has been during the year, except that Pond will be substituted for Ferguson in centre field, which place he has won after a close race by hard hitting...
...whole, the Freshman team has shown more consistent knowledge of baseball, and has hit the ball harder than the Yale freshmen. With Hicks in the box, they will have a very capable pitcher, and should win in a close game...
...better than they have for some time, and they would have had at least two more hits but for the phenomenal fielding of Merritt and Badger. In the fourth inning, Simons hit to right centre, directly between Badger and Daly. The former after a hard sprint caught the ball close to ground, while running at full speed, and prevented a two-bagger. In the seventh, Merritt caught a fast grounder by Simons directly over third base and fielded it to first before the runner...