Word: contest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Saturday's game was played before a large audience who came in anticipation of a close and exciting game. In this, however they were disappointed, as the contest was very one sided. Dartmouth won the toss and Harvard went to the bat. Coolidge led off with a base hit between third and shortstop. Baker made another, sending him to second base. Phillips followed with a clean hit over McCarthy's head, bringing in Coolidge and sending Baker to second, and both men took another base on the attempt to catch Coolidge at the plate. Tilden took first on seven balls...
Harvard played magnificently in the field. Nichols pitched a very fine game, striking out eleven men. He was splendidly supported by Allen. Coolidge also played perfectly at second base. The batting was about as heavy as has ever been seen in an inter-collegiate contest. Coolidge led with a base, single, a three-base hit and a home run. Baker made two singles and a three-base hit, and every man on the nine hit heavily...
...hope for the success which has attended our nine so frequently in the past. From the result of the last game with Dartmouth, the college confidently expects our nine to win, and the nine will undoubtedly do their best to fulfill these anticipations. If this game is won, the contest a week from today if won by Harvard, will place our nine and that of Yale on a tie for the championship. If lost, however, our chances for the championship are gone, even if we beat Yale on the twenty-first. It is therefore necessary for Harvard to win this...
...Yale delegation at Saturday's game pluckily cheered their nine from the start to the finish of the contest...
...wish to speak thus early in the week of the importance of supporting the nine in the games with Dartmouth tomorrow afternoon and Saturday, in order that every man may realize how much depends on his individual support. The championship contest has now narrowed down to Yale in the lead, and Harvard second, with three games yet to play. It is absolutely necessary, if we propose to wrest the leading place from Yale, that both the games with Dartmouth should be won by our nine. In case Harvard does prove victorious, we have the chance of beating the Yale team...