Word: cobb
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...still much room for improvement. In the fifth inning Cook made a pretty hit on which he might have perfectly well come home, but he kept turning around to look at the ball, and was thrown out at third. In the seventh inning in trying to make two bases Cobb's sacrifice, he was caught at the plate on a poor slide. In the same inning Bates was caught at second, when he had plenty of time to get back to the base...
...fourth Worcester failed to score. The first three Harvard men at the bat went out. In the fifth Howe took Bates' place in the box. Worcester made a run on a base on balls, a hit, a wild pitch and Howe's muff at the plate of Cobb's throw. Again Harvard's first three men went out, two of them at second base...
...Howe's fumble of Bird's easy grounder and reached the plate on O'Brien's sacrifice. That is, the umpire said he did. Everybody else thought differently. Lynch, who had mean while reached third, came in on Hovey's wild throw to the plate. A wild throw by Cobb enabled Bird also to score. This ended the runs for the game. In the eighth, with one man out, O'Brien hit safely. Parks followed with a very hot liner to Hovey, who stopped it beautifully and with the aid of Soule and Trafford retired both O'Brien and Parks...
...Cobb...
...Base hit, Parks. First base on balls, Soule, Hallowell, Trafford, Cook, Cobb, Bates, Howe, Lynch, Parks (2), McGrath, Murphy. Struck out, Howe, Trafford, Cobb (2), Lezott (2), McGrath (2). First base on errors, Harvard 3, Worcester 4. Stolen bases, Sould, Hallowell (3), McGrath (2). Passed ball, Cobb. Wild pitches, Bates, Howe, Murphy. Double plays, Hovey, Soule and Trafford. Out on bases, Harvard 6, Worcester 2. Left on bases, Harvard 6, Worcester 10. Time, 2 hours. Umpire, Sullivan and Murphy...