Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Greene pitched a creditable game and had good control of the ball until the last inning, when he became unsteady with men on bases. Sullivan gave him weak support at catch, and threw to bases poorly. Russell at second base, and Mahar at shortstop, both played their usual strong gome...
...suppression of applause is my conclusion, then, nor even repression; but only a sensible control and direction of it. A control which may make it the vehicle of a cordial expression of generous appreciation of every neat performance, whether by the friends we love or by the foes we ought to cherish. Let all allowances be made for excusable and inoffensive partisanship,--barring the unmelodious horn of cracked tin,--but in our partisan enthusiasm let us not overstep the boundaries of courtesy. Even among the ancient Hebrews, whose code demanded eye for eye and tooth for tooth, the stranger...
...King Phillip will toot her chime whistle at five o'clock and Creatore will again assume control as the palatial vessel plies homeward...
...Freshman nine defeated Milton Academy yesterday afternoon, at Milton, in a slow game by a score of 22 to 3. During the first five innings the game was well contested, but in the sixth, Pierce, the Milton pitcher, lost control of the ball, and allowed the Freshmen to score fifteen runs. Warren, who replaced him, pitched more effectively, but was unsteady in the ninth inning, when seven runs were made against...
...knocked short high flies. The fielding was listless and lacked judgement allowing the Second nine to run bases at will. Greene was unsteady in the box, and with men on bases in the fifth inning used little headwork. Brennan, who replaced him, pitched more effectively, but lost control at times. The Second team batted well, and bunched its hits. The fielding of the team was fast, and the throwing to bases accurate. Jackson's pitching was strong, and steady at critical moments; he struck out twelve men, and gave only two bases on balls...